Visual Display Terminal Work and Sick Building Syndrome—The Role of Psychosocial Distress in the Relationship

Poor indoor air quality is one of the most important factor causing occupational health problems such as sick building syndrome (SBS). Most previous research on risk factors of SBS is evaluated in the office or school environments rather than in the hospital. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of SBS and its related effect on hospital workers in poorly-ventilated and confined working environments through a set of the questionnaires completed from March to June of 2017. The relationship between SBS-Related symptoms, individual characteristics, work environment and conditions were analyzed using Poisson regression. The prevalence of sick building syndrome was 70.1%. The most common symptoms reported by hospital workers include fatigue, headache, and feeling heavy-headed. There was a significant relationship between the prevalence of syndrome and sex, overload of work, atopy as well as varying room temperature.

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Studies on the Role of Fungi in Sick Building Syndrome

Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal ◽

10.3200/aeoh.58.8.475-478 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 58 (8) ◽

pp. 475-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

David C. Straus ◽

J. Danny Cooley ◽

Wing C. Wong ◽

Cynthia A. Jumper

Keyword(s):

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Sick Building

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Effect of formaldehyde on the expression of adhesion molecules in nasal microvascular endothelial cells: the role of formaldehyde in the pathogenesis of sick building syndrome

Clinical & Experimental Allergy ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01301.x ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 287-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 73

Author(s):

W. J. Kim ◽

N. Terada ◽

T. Nomura ◽

R. Takahashi ◽

S. D. Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Endothelial Cells ◽

Adhesion Molecules ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Microvascular Endothelial Cells ◽

Sick Building ◽

Microvascular Endothelial

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Experimental and Numerical Model Investigations of Oxygen-Enriched Characteristics in Air-Conditioned Rooms

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11114733 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 4733

Author(s):

Chuanzhao Zhang ◽

Xiong Yang ◽

Ziyi Li ◽

Yingshu Liu ◽

Yu Zhao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Numerical Model ◽

Flow Rate ◽

Indoor Air ◽

Oxygen Supply ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Building Energy ◽

Axial Distance ◽

Supply Pipe ◽

Sick Building ◽

The Relationship

People who live and work in air-conditioned rooms with micro-hypoxia are prone to sick building syndrome (SBS). Enriching oxygen into an air-conditioned room to increase the oxygen concentration can improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and reduce ventilation to save building energy consumption. In the present paper, the number and diameter of the oxygen supply vents, the oxygen supply flow rate, the oxygen supply method and the air flow organization form were comparatively studied using a numerical model. The results were compared with the experiments results in un-air-conditioned rooms, which showed that this model can give a favorable prediction. The results show that the maximum axial velocity decreases with the increase of the axial distance under air-conditioned conditions. The relationship between the oxygen-enriched area and the oxygen flow rate is obtained by fitting. The diameter of the oxygen supply pipe is 0.006 m, and when oxygen supply methods 1# and 4# are adopted, the oxygen-enriched area is F = 0.4 + 0.383 Q and F = 0.237 + 0.8 Q, respectively.

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