Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Jesenice 4270, Slovenia.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Sep 3;16(17):3224. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173224.
Increased exposure times to various health risk factors and the vulnerability of building users might result in significantly higher prevalence rates of sick building syndrome (SBS) in a hospital setting compared to other indoor environments. The purpose of our study was to assess the association between SBS symptoms and measured environmental parameters at a Slovenian general hospital. A combination of a self-assessment study and field measurements was conducted in order to estimate the health risk factors for SBS symptoms among the users of a Slovenian general hospital. The Chi-square test was used to analyse the association between observed health and environmental parameters. The response rate was 67.5%. A total of 12.0% of healthcare workers at hospital wards reported at least six SBS symptoms, 19.0% reported 2-3 SBS symptoms. At the observed hospital wards, the most deviations were recorded for the level of lighting (83.3%), noise level (73.6%), and room temperature (55.3%). A statistically significant association was found between indoor environmental quality and skin-related SBS symptoms (χ = 0.009; = 0.006). This information will be of great value in defining an integral strategy of environmental health activities aimed at healthier indoor environmental quality in hospitals.
在医院环境中，与其他室内环境相比，建筑使用者接触各种健康风险因素的时间增加，以及建筑使用者的脆弱性，可能导致病态建筑综合征（SBS）的患病率显著更高。我们的研究目的是评估斯洛文尼亚一家综合医院中 SBS 症状与测量的环境参数之间的关联。为了估计斯洛文尼亚一家综合医院使用者的 SBS 症状的健康风险因素，我们进行了一项自我评估研究和现场测量的组合研究。卡方检验用于分析观察到的健康和环境参数之间的关联。应答率为 67.5%。共有 12.0%的医院病房医护人员报告至少有 6 种 SBS 症状，19.0%报告有 2-3 种 SBS 症状。在所观察到的医院病房中，光照水平（83.3%）、噪声水平（73.6%）和室温（55.3%）的偏差最大。室内环境质量与皮肤相关的 SBS 症状之间存在统计学显著关联（χ=0.009；=0.006）。这些信息对于定义旨在改善医院室内环境质量的综合环境健康活动策略将具有重要价值。
