ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2014
Chronic respiratory conditions in a cohort of metropolitan fire-fighters: associations with occupational exposure and quality of life.
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- The Effect of Fire Smoke Exposure on Firefighters' Lung Function: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Firefighters' occupational exposure to air pollution: impact on COPD and asthma-study protocol.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Article
- Perceptions of lung function surveillance in urban firefighters.Annals of work exposures and health · 2023Article
- COPD in Firefighters: A Specific Event-Related Condition Rather than a Common Occupational Respiratory Disorder.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Comparison of the risks of occupational diseases, avoidable hospitalization, and all-cause deaths between firefighters and non-firefighters: A cohort study using national health insurance claims data.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the prevalence of chronic respiratory conditions in metropolitan fire-fighters and to study associations between occupational exposure, use of respiratory protection and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in fire-fighters with and without chronic respiratory conditions.
methodsCross-sectional cohort analysis: Respiratory symptoms, medical conditions, occupational tasks and exposures and consistency of using respiratory protection were inquired by questionnaire. The SF12(®)V2 Health Survey was used to measure physical (PCS-12) and mental (MCS-12) HRQoL. Fire-fighters were categorised in subgroups: asthma; COPD/emphysema/chronic bronchitis; no chronic respiratory conditions; and as being 'not involved' or 'involved' in fire-fighting tasks, the latter further categorised as 'consistent' or 'inconsistent' use of respiratory protection. PCS-12 and MCS-12 scores were compared between subgroups and categories using linear regression.
resultsFive hundred and seventy fire-fighters were analysed, 24 (4%) fulfilled the criteria for asthma, 39 (7%) for COPD/emphysema/chronic bronchitis. Fire-fighters with asthma were older than those in the other two subgroups and had been employed in the fire service longer. Respiratory subgroups did not differ in their involvement in fire-fighting tasks. Ninety-one percent of fire-fighters reported relevant occupational exposure in the past year. Mean PCS-12 scores for fire-fighters with no chronic respiratory conditions, asthma and COPD/emphysema/bronchitis were 52.0 (SD 6.9), 47.0 (8.5) and 48.1 (9.4). For PCS-12 (but not for MCS-12), interaction between having a chronic respiratory condition and inconsistent use of respiratory protection during fire knockdown was observed (p < 0.001).
conclusionsTen percent of metropolitan fire-fighters reported underlying chronic respiratory conditions. Presence of such a condition in combination with suboptimal protection from inhaled exposures may lead to poorer physical HRQoL.
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