A survey of occupational skin disease in UK health care workers
A survey of occupational skin disease in UK health care workers
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DOI：
10.1093/occmed/kqu170
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Campion, K. M.
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作者：
Campion, K. M.
背景职业性皮肤病是卫生保健工作者的常见问题。在HCWs的职业性皮肤病的患病率已在几个国际研究报告，但不是在UK.Aims估计职业性皮肤病的患病率在人口中的英国HCWs，并探讨可能的致病factors.Methods临床和非临床HCWs出席流感疫苗在2013年10月和11月期间，被邀请完成一份简短的皮肤问卷。从工作人员谁说他们的皮肤遭受了工作的结果的数据进行了比较，从工作人员谁没有，探索潜在的致病因素的差异。职业性皮肤病的患病率估计为20%的临床和7%的非临床工作人员。共有424名临床工作人员表示，他们的皮肤因工作而恶化。有和没有报告的皮肤症状的临床工作人员之间有统计学显着差异，湿疹史，频繁洗手和保湿霜的使用，但没有统计学显着差异的肥皂和酒精洗手凝胶的使用的相对比例。非临床工作人员报告显着更多的使用肥皂相对于酒精凝胶比clinical staff.Conclusions这项研究表明，在英国HCWs人口的职业性皮肤病的患病率。更多的工作表明，以探讨如果在这项研究中报道的肥皂和酒精凝胶的比例是典型的，这是否有任何影响职业性皮肤病的发展。
Background Occupational skin disease is a common problem among health care workers (HCWs). The prevalence of occupational skin disease in HCWs has been reported in several international studies, but not in the UK.Aims To estimate the prevalence of occupational skin disease in a population of UK HCWs and to explore possible causative factors.Methods Clinical and non-clinical HCWs attending for an influenza vaccine during October and November 2013 were invited to complete a brief skin questionnaire. Data from staff who stated their skin had suffered as a result of work were compared with data from staff who did not, to explore differences in potential causative factors.Results A total of 2762 questionnaires were analysed. The estimated prevalence of occupational skin disease was 20% for clinical and 7% for non-clinical staff. In total, 424 clinical staff stated their skin had been made worse by work. There were statistically significant differences between clinical staff with and without reported skin symptoms regarding a history of eczema, frequent hand washing and moisturizer use but no statistically significant difference in the relative proportions of soap and alcohol hand gel use. Nonclinical staff reported significantly more use of soap relative to alcohol gel than clinical staff.Conclusions This study demonstrated the prevalence of occupational skin disease in a population of UK HCWs. More work is indicated to explore if the ratio of soap and alcohol gel reported in this study are typical and whether this has any impact on the development of occupational skin disease.