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Are classroom thermal conditions, lighting, and acoustics related to teacher health symptoms?
Indoor Air ( IF 4.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-23 , DOI: 10.1111/ina.12640
Shao Lin 1, 2 , Emily Lipton 1 , Yi Lu 1 , Christine Kielb 1
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Over half of schools surveyed in the United States reported one environmental problem affecting Indoor Air Quality. This study investigated environmental concerns in schools, teacher‐reported symptoms, and performance in relation to thermal environment, lighting, and noise conditions in New York State classrooms. This cross‐sectional study consisted of telephone surveys among teachers from 428 NYS public schools. Survey contents included teacher demographics, employment characteristics, and environmental factors. Unconditional logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) of health symptoms for classroom conditions including thermal environment, lighting, and acoustics. Although too dry, too hot, or cold were major thermal concerns, 78% of the teachers reported that they cannot control temperature through thermostat. Over 50% of NYS teachers reported almost all health symptoms worsening during workdays. We found the top five most common health symptoms reported by NYS teachers are all allergy‐related symptoms. Additionally, all extreme thermal factors were significantly associated with work‐related symptoms in teachers. “Too dry” had the highest risk for allergic symptoms (OR: 2.49, 95% CI: 2.01‐3.10), and then followed by any noise (OR: 2.46, 95% CI: 1.80‐3.36) associated with voice‐related health, and “lighting too dim” (OR: 2.38, 95% CI: 1.77‐3.19). Future studies are needed to confirm these findings.

中文翻译:

教室的温度条件,照明和声音是否与教师的健康症状有关?

在美国接受调查的学校中,有超过一半的学校报告了一个影响室内空气质量的环境问题。这项研究调查了学校对环境的关注,教师报告的症状以及与纽约州教室的热环境,照明和噪声状况有关的表现。这项横断面研究包括对428所纽约州公立学校的老师进行的电话调查。调查内容包括教师的人口统计资料,就业特征和环境因素。使用无条件逻辑回归分析来估计教室条件(包括热环境,照明和声学)的健康症状的比值比(OR)。尽管太干,太热或太冷是主要的散热问题,但78%的教师报告说他们无法通过恒温器控制温度。纽约州超过50%的教师报告说,工作日内几乎所有健康症状都在恶化。我们发现,纽约州立大学教师报告的最常见的五种健康症状都是与过敏相关的症状。此外,所有极端热量因素均与教师的工作相关症状显着相关。“太干”具有最高的过敏症状风险(OR:2.49,95%CI:2.01-3.10),然后是与语音相关的健康相关的任何噪音(OR:2.46,95%CI:1.80-3.36) ,以及“灯光太暗”(或:2.38,95%CI:1.77-3.19)。需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现。所有极端热量因素均与教师的工作相关症状显着相关。“太干”具有最高的过敏症状风险(OR:2.49,95%CI:2.01-3.10),然后是与语音相关的健康相关的任何噪音(OR:2.46,95%CI:1.80-1.36) ,以及“灯光太暗”(或:2.38,95%CI:1.77-3.19)。需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现。所有极端热量因素均与教师的工作相关症状显着相关。“太干”具有最高的过敏症状风险(OR:2.49,95%CI:2.01-3.10),然后是与语音相关的健康相关的任何噪音(OR:2.46,95%CI:1.80-3.36) ,以及“灯光太暗”(或:2.38,95%CI:1.77-3.19)。需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现。
更新日期:2020-01-23
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