TY - JOUR
T1 - Morbidity of Israeli nurses in comparison to their female siblings
T2 - A retrospective cohort study
AU - Peretz, Chava
AU - Rozani, Violetta
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This study of nurses' risk of selected chronic diseases in the context of potential biological exposure compares the health status of nurses to that of their female siblings. Self-report questionnaires distributed to each participating nurse were administered to an historical cohort of 491 female nurses aged ≥50 years. Questionnaires covered work and health history of the nurses and the control group of 232 of their age-matched female siblings. We developed a semiquantitative exposure matrix based on workplaces to describe biological exposure. Risk for coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, dislipidemia, and thyroid and liver disease was significantly higher among the nurses compared to the controls. Total cancer and diabetes risks were similar for both groups. Cumulative biological exposure was associated with liver disease. Employment as a nurse may pose a risk for cardiovascular, thyroid and liver diseases. The specific determinants of this increased risk warrant further investigation.
AB - This study of nurses' risk of selected chronic diseases in the context of potential biological exposure compares the health status of nurses to that of their female siblings. Self-report questionnaires distributed to each participating nurse were administered to an historical cohort of 491 female nurses aged ≥50 years. Questionnaires covered work and health history of the nurses and the control group of 232 of their age-matched female siblings. We developed a semiquantitative exposure matrix based on workplaces to describe biological exposure. Risk for coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, dislipidemia, and thyroid and liver disease was significantly higher among the nurses compared to the controls. Total cancer and diabetes risks were similar for both groups. Cumulative biological exposure was associated with liver disease. Employment as a nurse may pose a risk for cardiovascular, thyroid and liver diseases. The specific determinants of this increased risk warrant further investigation.
KW - Biological exposure
KW - Morbidity
KW - Nurses' cohort
KW - Nurses' health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48249110971&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.3.206
DO - 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.3.206
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
C2 - 18686721
AN - SCOPUS:48249110971
SN - 1077-3525
VL - 14
SP - 206
EP - 209
JO - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
JF - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
IS - 3
ER -
