Are operating room nurses at higher risk of severe persistent asthma?

Le Moual, Nicole; Varraso, Raphaëlle; Zock, Jan Paul; Henneberger, Paul; Speizer, Frank E; Kauffmann, Francine; Camargo, Carlos A

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Are operating room nurses at higher risk of severe persistent asthma?

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Aug 2013
By Le Moual, Nicole ; Varraso, Raphaëlle ; Zock, Jan Paul ; ...

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J Occup Environ Med
Personal Author:

Le Moual, Nicole ; Varraso, Raphaëlle ; Zock, Jan Paul ; Henneberger, Paul ; Speizer, Frank E ; Kauffmann, Francine ; Camargo, Carlos A
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Objective

To assess the associations between operating room (OR) nursing, a category of health care workers at high risk of exposure to various inhaled agents, and asthma severity/control among women with asthma.

Methods

The level of severity/control in nurses with prevalent doctor-diagnosed asthma in 1998/2000 was compared, using nominal logistic regression, in OR nursing (n=69) and administrative nursing (n=546) from the US Nurses’ Health Study for whom detailed information on asthma and nursing employment status was available.

Results

We observed a significant association between OR nursing, compared to administrative nursing, and severe persistent asthma (adjusted odds ratio 2.48, 95%CI 1.06–5.77).

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that nurses working in the operating room are at a higher risk of severe persistent asthma. Further studies with detailed estimates of occupational exposures, especially to disinfectant/cleaning agents, are warranted.
Subjects:

Adult Aged Article Asthma Asthma Severity Case-Control Studies Epidemiology Female Humans Inhalation Exposure Middle Aged Nurse Administrators Occupation Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Operating Room Nurse Operating Room Nursing Operating Rooms Risk Factors
Source:

J Occup Environ Med. 55(8):973-977.
Pubmed ID:

23887704
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC3740047
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

AI-52338/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; CA-87969/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; HL-63841/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; KLB9/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; P01 CA087969/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HL063841/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; R21 AI052338/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
Volume:

55
Issue:

8
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CDC Public Access
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