Veille documentaire MTPH

Auteur Nicole Le Moual
Auteur Raphaëlle Varraso
Auteur Jan Paul Zock
Auteur Paul Henneberger
Auteur Frank E Speizer
Auteur Francine Kauffmann
Auteur Carlos A, Jr Camargo
Volume 55
Numéro 8
Pages 973-977
Publication Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Date Aug 2013
Résumé OBJECTIVE:: To assess the associations between operating room (OR) nursing, a category of health care workers at high risk of exposure to various inhaled agents, and asthma severity/control among women with asthma. METHODS:: The level of severity/control in nurses with prevalent doctor-diagnosed asthma in 1998/2000 was compared, using nominal logistic regression, in OR nursing (n = 69) and administrative nursing (n = 546) from the US Nurses’ Health Study for whom detailed information on asthma and nursing employment status was available. RESULTS:: We observed a significant association between OR nursing, compared with administrative nursing, and severe persistent asthma (adjusted odds ratio, 2.48; 95% confidence interval, 1.06 to 5.77). CONCLUSIONS:: Our findings suggest that nurses working in the OR are at a higher risk of severe persistent asthma. Further studies with detailed estimates of occupational exposures, especially to disinfectant/cleaning agents, are warranted.