Research Centre, Division of Chest Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal-a University of Montreal-Affiliated Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
J Occup Environ Med. 2013 Sep;55(9):1052-64. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829904ab.
To compare the long-term status of workers with occupational asthma (OA) with those of subjects with work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) and nonasthmatic (NA) workers.
We contacted 179 subjects investigated for suspected OA at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1997 to 2007. Participants completed questionnaires on psychological and functional status, followed by a telephone interview about socioprofessional outcomes and health care utilization.
The OA workers are more likely to have been removed from the workplace than the WEA workers. The health-related quality of life of all workers was still impaired. A high prevalence of psychiatric disorders was found among OA and WEA workers. Compared with WEA and OA workers, the NA group showed a higher rate of physician consultations for all causes.
Regardless of the diagnosis they received, these workers need to benefit from psychosocial support in the period after investigation for suspicion of OA.
比较职业性哮喘（OA）患者与职业性哮喘恶化（WEA）患者和非哮喘（NA）工人的长期状况。
我们联系了 1997 年至 2007 年在加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔圣心医院调查疑似 OA 的 179 名受试者。参与者完成了关于心理和功能状态的问卷，然后通过电话采访了解社会职业结果和医疗保健利用情况。
OA 工人比 WEA 工人更有可能被调离工作岗位。所有工人的健康相关生活质量仍然受损。OA 和 WEA 工人中都存在较高的精神障碍患病率。与 WEA 和 OA 工人相比，NA 组因各种原因就诊的医生人数更高。
无论他们接受的诊断如何，这些工人都需要在调查疑似 OA 后获得社会心理支持。
