Psychosocial factors and gender as predictors of symptoms associated with sick building syndrome

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) was a healthproblem that caused by air polution, indoor air quality and a bad ventilation. In around the world,2.7 milions of people were dead because air polution in the room and this air polution source from ventilation (52%), tools in the room (17 %), outside the room (11%), the building material (3%), microorganism (5%) and others (12%). Mall was a public place with a close ventilation so it can influence the air quality and being the risk of SBS.The aim of this research was looking for correlation between air quality in the room and the characteristics of workerswith sick building syndrome (SBS).This research was an analytic with cross sectional design. The population was all of the workerwith 36 sample workers.Data analysis used univariat and bivariat.Result of this research showed the variabelswhich had correlationwith sick building syndrome are humidity, wind velocity, light intensity, age, and gender. The variables that had no correlation with sick building syndrome are temperature, microorganism quantity, duration of work and period of work.

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Sick Building Syndrome and Gender Bias:

Social Work in Health Care ◽

10.1300/j010v20n03_04 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 51-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lynne Soine

Keyword(s):

Gender Bias ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Sick Building ◽

And Gender

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Influence of personal characteristics, job-related factors and psychosocial factors on the sick building syndrome. Danish Indoor Climate Study Group.

Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health ◽

10.5271/sjweh.1851 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 286-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 151

Author(s):

Peder Skov ◽

O Valbjorn ◽

B V Pedersen

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Study Group ◽

Indoor Climate ◽

Related Factors ◽

Sick Building ◽

Climate Study

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Personal and psychosocial factors and symptoms compatible with sick building syndrome in the Swedish workforce

Indoor Air ◽

10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00438.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 445-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

R. Runeson ◽

K. Wahlstedt ◽

G. Wieslander ◽

D. Norbäck

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Sick Building

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The significance of psychosocial factors of the working environment in the development of sick building syndrome

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.17532/jhsci.2014.187 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 136-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maja Miškulin ◽

Marina Matić ◽

Miodrag Beneš ◽

Jelena Vlahović

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Medical Condition ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Public Institutions ◽

Working Environment ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sick Building ◽

The City

Introduction: Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a medical condition in which people in a certain buildings suffer from symptoms of illness or feeling unwell. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of exposure of the employees of public institutions from the city of Osijek to harmful psychosocial factors of the working environment, to assess whether there is a connection between the exposure to these factors and the incidence of SBS symptoms and to clarify the nature of this connection.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during May 2013 among 178 employees of public institutions in the city of Osijek. An anonymous questionnaire which contained questions relating to demographic data and working status of the participants, their exposure to various harmful psychosocial factors of the working environment and occurrence of certain symptoms of SBS among them was used as a research tool.Results: 96.1 % (171/178) of participants were exposed to harmful psychosocial factors of the working environment. Employees exposed to those factors more frequently expressed symptoms of SBS. The incidence and the number of symptoms of SBS among employees simultaneously grew with the increase of the number of harmful psychosocial factors of the working environment to which they were exposed.Conclusion: The study showed positive connection between the exposure to harmful psychosocial factors of the working environment and the incidence of SBS symptoms, highlighting this issue as a very important subject in the field of occupational medicine and health protection in the workplace.

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