Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
PLoS One. 2023 Jun 12;18(6):e0287040. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287040. eCollection 2023.
Occupational asthma (OA) is a type of Work-Related Asthma characterised by variable airflow limitation and/or inflammation due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment, and not to stimuli encountered outside the workplace. There is an increasing need to extend the depth of knowledge of OA to better manage this condition, especially among food industry workers who are affected by it.
This systematic review aimed to determine the factors associated with occupational asthma among food industry workers by electronically collecting articles from two databases (Medline and Scopus).
This systematic review was prepared in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses) updated guideline. Two independent reviewers screened the titles and abstracts of the collected data, which were then stored in Endnote20 based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The included articles have been critically appraised to assess the quality of the studies using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT).
The search yielded 82 articles from Medline and 85 from SCOPUS, resulting in 167 unique hits. Only 22 articles have been included in the full-text assessment following a rigorous selection screening. Of the 22 articles identified, five were included in the final review. Several factors were found to have contributed to occupational asthma among food industry workers. They were classified into two categories: (1) work environment-related factors; and (2) individual factors.
Several work environment and individual-related factors were found to be associated with OA among food industry workers. A better understanding of the development of the disease and its potential risk factors is needed because it can affect worker's quality of life. Pre-employment and periodic medical surveillance should be conducted to assess and detect any possible risk of developing occupational asthma among workers.
职业性哮喘（OA）是一种与工作相关的哮喘，其特征是由于特定职业环境中的原因和条件引起的气流受限和/或炎症的可变性，而不是由于工作场所之外遇到的刺激物引起的。越来越需要扩展 OA 的知识深度，以更好地管理这种疾病，特别是在受其影响的食品行业工人中。
本系统评价旨在通过从两个数据库（Medline 和 Scopus）中电子收集文章，确定食品行业工人职业性哮喘的相关因素。
本系统评价是根据 PRISMA（系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目）更新指南准备的。两名独立评审员筛选了收集数据的标题和摘要，然后根据纳入和排除标准将其存储在 Endnote20 中。对纳入的文章进行批判性评估，使用混合方法评估工具（MMAT）评估研究的质量。
从 Medline 搜索得到 82 篇文章，从 SCOPUS 搜索得到 85 篇文章，共得到 167 篇独特的文章。经过严格的选择筛选，只有 22 篇文章进入全文评估。在确定的 22 篇文章中，有 5 篇被纳入最终审查。发现了几个导致食品行业工人职业性哮喘的因素。它们分为两类：（1）工作环境相关因素；（2）个体因素。
发现了一些与食品行业工人职业性哮喘相关的工作环境和个体相关因素。需要更好地了解疾病的发展及其潜在的危险因素，因为它会影响工人的生活质量。应进行就业前和定期的医疗监测，以评估和发现工人中可能发生职业性哮喘的任何风险。
