背景:鲑鱼加工业的工人由于职业性接触含有鱼蛋白和微生物的生物气溶胶而发生呼吸道疾病和其他超敏反应的风险增加,和相关的过敏原。人们对减少生物气溶胶暴露的有效措施以及工人皮肤投诉的程度知之甚少。此外,虽然识别危险因素是疾病预防策略的核心活动,人们对促进健康的因素越来越感兴趣,这是鲑鱼加工业中研究不足的领域。
目的:这项正在进行的研究的总体目标是产生可用于预防呼吸系统疾病的发展或慢性化的知识。皮肤反应,蛋白接触性皮炎,和鲑鱼加工工人的过敏。主要目的是确定减少生物气溶胶暴露的有效方法。进一步的目标是识别和表征临床相关的暴露剂,确定暴露的决定因素,测量与工作有关的症状和疾病的患病率,并确定心理社会工作环境的健康促进因素。
方法:数据是在挪威海岸线沿线的9家鲑鱼加工厂的野外研究中收集的。数据收集包括暴露测量,健康检查,和问卷调查。广泛的实验室分析将用于进一步分析和表征暴露剂。适当的统计分析将应用于这项综合研究的各种结果。
结果:数据收集于2021年9月开始,预计将于2023年3月完成,但由于COVID-19大流行而推迟。所有9家工厂的基线数据包括673名参与者的健康检查和869项个人暴露测量。共有740名工人回答了该研究的人口统计学主要问卷,工作特点,生活方式,健康,和健康促进因素。后续数据收集尚未完成。
结论:这项研究将有助于填补有关鲑鱼工人工作环境的知识空白。这包括减少生物气溶胶暴露的有效工作场所措施,增加对超敏反应的知识,过敏,呼吸和皮肤健康,以及促进健康的工作场所因素。这将为改善工作环境提供基础,预防与职业健康有关的疾病,并制定职业接触限值,这反过来将使员工受益,雇主,职业卫生服务,研究人员,临床医生,决策者,和其他利益相关者。
背景:ClinicalTrials.govNCT05039229;https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/研究/NCT05039229。
■DERR1-10.2196/48790。
BACKGROUND: Workers in the salmon processing industry have an increased risk of developing respiratory diseases and other hypersensitivity responses due to occupational exposure to bioaerosols containing fish proteins and microorganisms, and related allergens. Little is known about effective measures to reduce bioaerosol exposure and about the extent of skin complaints among workers. In addition, while identification of risk factors is a core activity in disease prevention strategies, there is increasing interest in health-promoting factors, which is an understudied area in the salmon processing industry.
OBJECTIVE: The overall aim of this ongoing study is to generate knowledge that can be used in tailored prevention of development or chronification of respiratory diseases, skin reactions, protein contact dermatitis, and allergy among salmon processing workers. The main objective is to identify effective methods to reduce bioaerosol exposure. Further objectives are to identify and characterize clinically relevant exposure agents, identify determinants of exposure, measure prevalence of work-related symptoms and disease, and identify health-promoting factors of the psychosocial work environment.
METHODS: Data are collected during field studies in 9 salmon processing plants along the Norwegian coastline. Data collection comprises exposure measurements, health examinations, and questionnaires. A wide range of laboratory analyses will be used for further analysis and characterization of exposure agents. Suitable statistical analysis will be applied to the various outcomes of this comprehensive study.
RESULTS: Data collection started in September 2021 and was anticipated to be completed by March 2023, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Baseline data from all 9 plants included 673 participants for the health examinations and a total of 869 personal exposure measurements. A total of 740 workers answered the study\'s main questionnaire on demographics, job characteristics, lifestyle, health, and health-promoting factors. Follow-up data collection is not completed yet.
CONCLUSIONS: This study will contribute to filling knowledge gaps concerning salmon workers\' work environment. This includes effective workplace measures for bioaerosol exposure reduction, increased knowledge on hypersensitivity, allergy, respiratory and dermal health, as well as health-promoting workplace factors. Together this will give a basis for improving the work environment, preventing occupational health-related diseases, and developing occupational exposure limits, which in turn will benefit employees, employers, occupational health services, researchers, clinicians, decision makers, and other stakeholders.
BACKGROUND: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05039229; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05039229.
UNASSIGNED: DERR1-10.2196/48790.