2001 年至 2007 年期间世界贸易中心健康登记救援和恢复工作人员的持续性 9/11 后听力问题。

Persistent Post-9/11 Hearing Problems Among World Trade Center Health Registry Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001 to 2007.

机构信息

World Trade Center Health Registry, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York (Dr Stein, Dr Cone); Department of Public Health Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Otolaryngology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Dr Lee); Stephenson and Stephenson Research and Consulting (SASRAC), Forest Grove, Oregon (Dr Flamme).

出版信息

J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Dec;59(12):1229-1234. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001171.

DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001171

PMID:28953072

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To examine the association between 9/11-related exposures and self-reported hearing problems among 16,579 rescue/recovery workers in the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry.

METHODS

Using Registry Waves 1 (2003 to 2004) and 2 (2006 to 2007), we modeled the association between two metrics of 9/11-related exposures and hearing difficulties.

RESULTS

The prevalence of incident, persistent hearing problems was 4.4%. In a fully adjusted model, workers with higher environmental hazards scores were twice as likely (interquartile range OR 2.1; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8, 2.5) to report hearing problems. Based on the same fully adjusted model, workers unable to hear in the dust cloud were 2.3 (95% CI 1.8, 3.0) times more likely to report hearing problems as compared with workers not in the dust cloud.

CONCLUSIONS

We observed a consistent association between WTC-related exposures and self-reported hearing problems among rescue/recovery workers.

摘要

目的

在世界贸易中心（WTC）健康登记处的 16579 名救援/恢复工作人员中，研究与 911 相关的暴露与自我报告的听力问题之间的关联。

方法

利用登记册第 1 波（2003 年至 2004 年）和第 2 波（2006 年至 2007 年），我们建立了两种与 911 相关的暴露指标与听力困难之间的关联模型。

结果

新发、持续性听力问题的患病率为 4.4%。在完全调整的模型中，环境危害评分较高的工人报告听力问题的可能性是两倍（四分位距比值 2.1；95%置信区间 [CI]1.8，2.5）。根据相同的完全调整模型，与不在尘云中的工人相比，无法听到尘云中声音的工人报告听力问题的可能性高 2.3 倍（95%CI 1.8，3.0）。