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Under-estimation of self-reported occupational exposure by questionnaire in hospital workers
- Source :
- Occup Environ Med, Occup Environ Med, 2011, 68 (8), pp.611-7. ⟨10.1136/oem.2010.061671⟩, Occup Environ Med, 2011, 68 (8), pp.611-7. 〈10.1136/oem.2010.061671〉
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2011.
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Abstract
- International audience; OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to determine whether self-reported occupational exposure to cleaning/disinfecting agents in hospital workers is accurate, in comparison to expert assessment, taken to be the gold standard. METHODS: In the Epidemiological Study of the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA), participants were interviewed on occupation with a specific questionnaire for hospital workers regarding tasks and cleaning/disinfecting agents. Two estimates of exposure were available: self-report and expert assessment. The expert assessment involved a standardised procedure to estimate intensity, frequency and probability of exposure for each job. The present analysis focused on eight exposures: formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, bleach/chlorine, alcohol, quaternary ammonium components, ammonia, sprays and latex gloves. Agreement and differences between self-reported and expert estimates were studied by kappa and phi coefficients and McNemar tests, respectively. RESULTS: In the survey of 1571 adults, 176 ever hospital workers (327 occupations) with both self-reported and expert exposure assessments were studied. An underestimation of self-reported exposure was observed especially for formaldehyde (26.5% vs 32.7%, p=0.01), ammonia (7.4% vs 18.8%, p
- Subjects :
- exposure assessment
MESH: Asthma
MESH : Aged
MESH: Self Disclosure
MESH: Occupational Exposure
0302 clinical medicine
Epidemiology
MESH : Personnel, Hospital
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
MESH : Environmental Monitoring
MESH: Aged
MESH: Middle Aged
Age Factors
[ SDV.SPEE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
MESH : Occupational Diseases
Middle Aged
MESH : Adult
030210 environmental & occupational health
MESH: Case-Control Studies
3. Good health
Occupational Diseases
MESH : Occupational Exposure
MESH: Young Adult
Health education
epidemiology
MESH : Self Disclosure
MESH: Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Monitoring
Adult
MESH: Occupational Diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
MESH : Case-Control Studies
Self Disclosure
Detergents
MESH : Young Adult
MESH : Asthma
MESH: Personnel, Hospital
Occupational medicine
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
McNemar's test
Environmental health
Occupational Exposure
Humans
MESH : Middle Aged
Asthma
Exposure assessment
Aged
Estimation
MESH: Age Factors
MESH: Humans
business.industry
Gold standard
MESH : Humans
MESH: Disinfectants
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
MESH: Adult
MESH : Detergents
medicine.disease
Personnel, Hospital
MESH : Disinfectants
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Case-Control Studies
Healthcare worker
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
MESH : Age Factors
business
disinfectant
Disinfectants
MESH: Detergents
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Occup Environ Med, Occup Environ Med, 2011, 68 (8), pp.611-7. ⟨10.1136/oem.2010.061671⟩, Occup Environ Med, 2011, 68 (8), pp.611-7. 〈10.1136/oem.2010.061671〉
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a47e216bc426e66bcd5ca99ea3d2d7e1