Asthma in health care workers: 2008 and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System asthma call-back survey

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• Personal Author:
  Mazurek JM ; Moorman JE ; White GE
• Description:
  Objective: To estimate the prevalence of current asthma and the proportion of asthma that is work-related among health care and non-health care workers. Methods: We used 2008 and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System High Risk/Health Care Worker Module and Asthma Call-Back Survey data collected in 35 states and the District of Columbia to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs). Results: Significantly more health care workers/volunteers than non-health care workers/volunteers with current asthma had asthma attacks (PR = 1.23; 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.46) and asthma symptoms within the past year (PR = 1.07; 95% confidence interval = 1.00 to 1.14). There was no significant difference in the proportion of health care and non-health care workers/volunteers diagnosed with current asthma or work-related asthma. Conclusions: The results of this study are consistent with previous research showing that health care workers with asthma have higher proportions of asthma attacks than non-health care workers [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Delivery Of Health Care Health Personnel Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Bronchial-asthma Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Lung-disorders Medical-care Medical-personnel Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043477
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2013 Dec; 55(12):1463-1468
• Contact Point Address:
  Gretchen E. White, MPH, 1095 Willowdale Rd. MS HG-900. Morgantown. WV 26505
• Email:
  ipb8@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f1927bd6e9820b6c8bcf7169aa8e6c30652a5b4be670a6ee783972c01ed2317bd3b2988b6a56133b77d3d93ad991e6443c0c447a8d46adf87ff7e1f45a0186c9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195365/cdc_195365_DS1.pdf
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