Table 2.
Prevalence of self-perceived sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms among healthcare workers.
| Total (n = 258) | Surgical Ward (n = 68) | Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Services (n = 26) | Gynaecology and Obstetrics (n = 21) | Internal Medicine (n = 37) | Paediatric Ward (n = 13) | Non-Acute Physical Rehabilitation Services (n = 11) | Emergency Department (n = 27) | Joint Medical Departments (n = 55) | Mann–Whitney U/Chi-square | df | p | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of symptoms (min 0/max 16) | Mean and SD | 2.03 | 2.55 | 3.07 | 3.05 | 1.27 | 1.99 | 1.38 | 2.06 | 2.38 | 2.81 | 2.15 | 2.67 | 1.73 | 2.05 | 1.63 | 2.04 | 1.33 | 1.98 | 12.837 | 6 | 0.045 * |
| Number of symptoms | 0–1 symptom (f in %) | 149 | 57.8 | 26 | 38.2 | 20 | 76.9 | 16 | 76.2 | 19 | 51.4 | 8 | 61.5 | 5 | 45.5 | 16 | 59.3 | 39 | 70.9 | 37.698 | 21 | 0.014 * |
| 2–3 symptoms (f and %) | 49 | 19.0 | 15 | 22.1 | 2 | 7.7 | 2 | 9.5 | 7 | 18.9 | 2 | 15.4 | 5 | 45.5 | 5 | 18.5 | 11 | 20.0 | ||||
| 4–5 symptoms (f and %) | 29 | 11.2 | 13 | 19.1 | 3 | 11.5 | 2 | 9.5 | 4 | 10.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14.8 | 2 | 3.6 | ||||
| 6 symptoms or more (f and %) | 31 | 12.0 | 14 | 20.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 7 | 18.9 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 5.5 | ||||
| Nasal symptoms | Yes, frequently (f and %) | 21 | 8.1 | 6 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.8 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 3 | 11.1 | 4 | 7.3 | 11.407 | 7.0 | 0.012 * |
| Ocular symptoms | Yes, frequently (f and %) | 26 | 10.1 | 10 | 14.7 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 8.1 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 14.8 | 3 | 5.5 | 5.062 | 7.0 | 0.652 |
| Throat-related symptoms | Yes, frequently (f and %) | 16 | 6.2 | 5 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 5.5 | 7.589 | 7.0 | 0.370 |
| Skin-related symptoms | Yes, frequently (f and %) | 58 | 22.5 | 25 | 36.8 | 6 | 23.1 | 5 | 23.8 | 7 | 18.9 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 18.5 | 7 | 12.7 | 16.657 | 7.0 | 0.020 * |
| General symptoms | Yes, frequently (f and %) | 134 | 51.9 | 46 | 67.6 | 9 | 34.6 | 10 | 47.6 | 20 | 54.1 | 8 | 61.5 | 7 | 63.6 | 11 | 40.7 | 23 | 41.8 | 14.999 | 7.0 | 0.036 * |
Note: n, sample size; f, frequency; %, percentage; SD, Standard Deviation; df, degrees of freedom; * p < 0.05; (Mann–Whitney test/Chi-square test).