Document ID (ISN) | 106544 |
CIS number |
07-586 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
2006 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Marmot A.F., Eley J., Stafford M., Stansfeld S.A., Warwick E., Marmot M.G. |
Title |
Building health: An epidemiological study of "sick building syndrome" in the Whitehall II study |
Bibliographic information |
Apr. 2006, Vol.63, No.4, p.283-289. Illus. 53 ref. |
Abstract |
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is described as a group of symptoms attributed to the physical environment of specific buildings. This study explores the relative roles of the physical and psychosocial work environment in explaining SBS. Cross-sectional data on the physical environment of a selection of buildings were added to an ongoing health survey of office-based civil servants in the United Kingdom. A self-report questionnaire was used to capture 10 symptoms of SBS and psychosocial work stress. In total, 4052 participants aged 42-62 years working in 44 buildings were included in this study. Findings are discussed. Only psychosocial work characteristics and control over the physical environment were independently associated with symptoms in the multivariate analysis. The physical environment of office buildings appears less important than the psychosocial work environment in explaining differences in the prevalence of SBS symptoms. |
Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; office work; government services; risk factors; sick building syndrome |
Descriptors (secondary) |
symptoms; psychology of work organization; stress factors; questionnaire survey; cross-sectional study; conditions of work |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Office work Sick building syndrome Public and government services
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