%0 Journal Article
%T Work-related risk factors of myocardial infarction
%A Alicja Bortkiewicz
%A El bieta Gadzicka
%A Jadwiga Siedlecka
%A Agata Szyjkowska
%A Piotr Viebig
%A Jerzy K. Wranicz
%A Ma gorzata Kurpesa
%A Micha  Dziuba
%A Ewa Trzos
%A Teresa Makowiec-D browska
%J International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
%@ 1896-494X
%D 2010
%I Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
%R 10.2478/v10001-010-0030-7
%X Objectives: The aim of the study was to find out which occupational factors account for the risk of the myocardial infarction. Material and Methods: A questionnaire survey was performed during the period of one calendar year in all patients (1053 subjects, 692 men and 361 women) hospitalized at the Medical University of  ¨®d  because of the first myocardial infarction. The questionnaire was prepared especially for the purpose of this study and consisted of two parts. The first part comprised: demographic data, health status at admittance, traditional risk factors for the ischaemic heart disease and was filled-in by physicians. Part II was done by occupational hygiene specialists and referred to education, job title and characteristics, employment data, self assessment of work-related and general stress, fatigue, socio-economic status, physical activity, alcohol intake, tobacco smoking, dietary habits. Results: Mean age in the study group was 59.9¡À10.4 years (26-85 years), 58.7¡À10.0 (26-84 years) for men and 62.3¡À10.7 (32-85 years) for women, employment duration was 32.9¡À8.8 (4-65 years), for men 34.0¡À8.6 (5-65 years), for women 30.7¡À8.8 (4-60 years. Most of myocardial infarction cases both in the group of men and women were noted in the age interval 56-60 years, 22.3% vs. 17.4%, respectively. The majority of examined men were farmers, low and middle management and self-employed workers. Among women prevailed clerks, seamstresses and farmers. The most frequent occupational risk factors were: work-related stress, experienced by 54.2% of the examined subjects, occupational noise (45,5%), dust (41,7%) and various chemical factors (33%). A majority of the study group (76.5% women and 54.4% men) linked the cardiac infarction with stress, while 39.1% men vs. 16.5% women correlated it with physical effort. Conclusion: Our studies indicate that, among a wide spectrum of occupational factors, stress, noise and fine particulate dust are major contributors to the increased risk of myocardial infarction.
%K Questionnaire survey
%K Noise
%K Dust
%K Chemical factors
%K Stress
%K Cardiovascular diseases
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