Khatatbeh Moawiah, Alzoubi Karem, Khabour Omar, Al-Delaimy Wael
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Environ Health Insights. 2020 Dec 24;14:1178630220985794. doi: 10.1177/1178630220985794. eCollection 2020.
Air pollution can adversely affect the health of communities and manifest as a variety of symptoms.
This study aimed at assessing health symptoms among populations living near an oil refinery in Jordan.
A cross-sectional survey study was conducted utilizing convenient random sampling at Al-Hashimeya town (where the refinery is located) and Bal'ma town (about 12 km further away from refinery). A total of 486 participants were recruited for the study. The data were checked, coded, and entered to excel sheet and exported to the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 20 for further analysis. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to identify associated factors. Variables having a ⩽ 0.25 were fitted to multivariate logistic regression so as to assess the presence and strength of associations between socio-demographic characteristics and health symptoms and outcomes. A value < 0.05 was considered for statistical significance.
In the cross tabulation analysis, there were significant differences in the reported respiratory health problems and history of abortions in the family between residents in the 2 towns ( < 0.05). Only 4.7% of Al-Hashimeya residents were extremely enjoying their town compared to 32.9% among Bal'ma residents ( < 0.001). In addition, residents of Al-Hashimeya were at several folds higher risk to have phlegm and about 3 times more likely to have skin problems compared to participants from Bal'ma ( < 0.001). Furthermore, reporting asthma was substantially higher among Al-Hashimeya residents (odds ratio [OR] = 5.20; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.11-12.84), and they were more likely to perceive the neighboring oil refinery industry as the leading cause of their health problems than Bal'ma residents (OR = 86.40; 95%CI: 45.95-162.44).
Residents living close to the oil refinery industry in Jordan report adverse impacts on their health, including respiratory problems, skin diseases, and perception of poor health.
空气污染会对社区居民健康产生不利影响，并表现为多种症状。
本研究旨在评估约旦一家炼油厂附近居民的健康症状。
采用便利随机抽样法，在炼油厂所在的哈希米亚镇和距离炼油厂约12公里的巴尔马镇开展横断面调查研究。共招募了486名参与者进行此项研究。数据经过检查、编码后录入Excel表格，并导出至社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）20.0版本进行进一步分析。采用双变量和多变量逻辑回归来确定相关因素。将P≤0.25的变量纳入多变量逻辑回归，以评估社会人口学特征与健康症状及结果之间关联的存在情况和强度。P值<0.05被视为具有统计学意义。
在交叉表分析中，两个城镇居民报告的呼吸健康问题以及家庭中流产史存在显著差异（P<0.05）。只有4.7%的哈希米亚镇居民对自己所在的城镇极其满意，而巴尔马镇居民的这一比例为32.9%（P<0.001）。此外，与巴尔马镇的参与者相比，哈希米亚镇居民出现痰液的风险高出数倍，出现皮肤问题的可能性约为其三倍（P<0.001）。此外，哈希米亚镇居民中报告哮喘的比例显著更高（优势比[OR]=5.20；95%置信区间[CI]：2.11 - 12.84），并且他们比巴尔马镇居民更有可能认为附近的炼油行业是其健康问题的主要原因（OR=86.40；95%CI：45.95 - 162.44）。
约旦炼油厂附近的居民报告称其健康受到不利影响，包括呼吸问题、皮肤疾病以及健康状况不佳的感受。
