The Relationship between Hospital Departments and Risk of Developing Tuberculosis among Nurses Working at a University Hospitalin Korea: Retrospective Cohort Study / 대한산업의학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
; : 64-70, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the occurring characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among nurses working at a university hospital in Korea.METHODS:
A retrospective cohort study was conducted using medical records from a university hospital. A total of 351 nurses without any pulmonary disease were enrolled during 2000~2007, and were followed up until October 2010. To compare with the incidence of TB between occupational subgroups, workplaces were divided into high and low TB-exposure risk departments. For statistical analysis, the relative risks for TB incidences between departments were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models and mean incidences were estimated with person-time years.RESULTS:
Seven cases of TB were observed during 2001 person-years. Five and two cases were observed in the high and low TB-exposure risk departments, respectively. The relative risk of TB infection in the high TB-exposure risk departments were 6.52 (95% CI, 1.26~33.60) compared to that in the low TB-exposure risk department. The mean incidence of TB in the total nurses was 0.350% per person-year.CONCLUSIONS:
According to the concept of occupational and environmental medicine, high TB-exposure risk departments were more likely to be at increased risk of tuberculosis.Key words
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索引:
WPRIM
主要主题:
Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Proportional Hazards Models
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Medical Records
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Incidence
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Retrospective Studies
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Cohort Studies
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Environmental Medicine
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Hospital Departments
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Lung Diseases
研究类型:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
语言:
Ko
期刊:
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
年:
2011
类型:
Article