Kontaktperson: Roma Runeson Broberg
Projektet avrapporterat 2012, se http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23143072.
Syftet är att studera sambanden mellan SBS and SHS symptom och psykosociala arbetsförhållanden samt perception of luftkvalitet I olika miljöer (på arbetet, hemma, och utomhus) bland arbetsför normal population i Sverige. Ytterliggare studeras relationen mellan SBS och SHS samt personliga faktorer (ålder, kön, atopi, rökning och BMI). Projektet avrapporteras 2012.
Projektet är avrapporterat i form av vetenskaplig publikation (se nedan)
Runeson-Broberg R and Norbäck D. 2012. Sick building syndrome (SBS) and sick house syndrome (SHS) in relation to psychosocial stress at work in the Swedish workforce. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. Published online: 11 November 2012. DOI 10.1007/s00420-012-0827-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23143072
Abstract
PURPOSE:
Medical symptoms called sick building syndrome (SBS) and sick house syndrome (SHS) are usually investigated separately: in this study, SBS and SHS were explored simultaneously. The significance of personal factors, perceptions of air quality, and psychosocial work situation in explaining SBS and SHS were investigated.
METHODS:
A random sample of 1,000 subjects (20-65 year) received a postal questionnaire including questions on personal factors, medical symptoms, and the psychosocial demand-control-support model. The response rate was 70 % (n = 695), of which 532 were occupationally active.
RESULTS:
In logistic regression models, atopy, poor air quality at work, and low social support, especially low supervisor support, were associated with both SBS and SHS when age, gender, smoking, and BMI were introduced. The general work-related symptoms (headache, tiredness, nausea, and sensation of a cold) were also related to low control over work.
CONCLUSIONS:
The perception of poor physical environmental conditions is associated with common medical symptoms that are both work and home related. The associations between medical symptoms and poor air quality are still present, even when controlling for the psychosocial environment.
Övriga publikationer
Runeson R, Norbäck D, Stattin, H. Symptoms and sense of coherence – a follow-up study of personnel from workplace buildings with indoor air problems. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2003; 76:29-38.
Runeson R, Norbäck. D, Klinteberg. B, Edling C. The influence of personality, measured by the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP), on symptoms among subjects in suspected sick buildings. Indoor Air 2004; 14:394-404.
Runeson R, Norbäck D. Associations among sick building syndrome, psychosocial factors, and personality traits. Perceptual and Motor Skills 2005; 100:747-749.
Runeson R,Wahlstedt K, Wieslander G, Norbäck D. Personal and psychosocial factors and symptoms compatible with sick building syndrome in the Swedish workforce. Indoor Air 2006: 16: 445-453.
Runeson R, Wahlstedt K, Norbäck D. Projective drawings for assessing stress among subjects with medical symptoms compatible with sick building syndrome, and validation of modified version of the stress load index from the drawing personality profile: A pilot study. Perceptual and Motor Skills 2007, 104, 111-122.
Runeson R, Wahlstedt K, Norbäck D. Pilot Study of Personality Traits Assessed by the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP) in Asthma, Atopy, and Rhinitis. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2011, 113, 3, 1-12.