Association between sick building syndrome and indoor environmental quality in Slovenian hospitals : a cross-sectional study

Kalender Smajlović, Sedina (avtor), Kukec, Andreja (avtor), Dovjak, Mateja (avtor)

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$^2$ = 0.009; p = 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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: hospital ward, health risk factors, parameters, sick building syndrome, integral strategy, environmental health activities
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: MF - Medicinska fakulteta ; FGG - Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2019
• Št. strani: 18 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 16, iss. 17, art. 3224
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132767
• UDK: 614:699.8(497.4)
• ISSN pri članku: 1661-7827
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16173224
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8881505
• Datum objave v RUL: 02.11.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. environ. res. public health
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 1661-7827
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1024430420

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 03.09.2019

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: stavbe, bolniški oddelek, dejavniki tveganja za zdravje, parametri, sindrom bolne stavbe, celovita strategija, dejavnosti okoljskega zdravja

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0142
• Naslov: Bio-psiho-socialni konteksti kineziologije

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P2-0158
• Naslov: Gradbene konstrukcije in gradbena fizika