lahya afsharisaleh; Pegah Kheradmand; shabnam Niroumand; Hossein Zakeri
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Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea causes various psychological and physical complications, reduces productivity, and increases vehicle accidents. This study investigated the association of obstructive sleep apnea with the level of physical activity.Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional ...
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Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea causes various psychological and physical complications, reduces productivity, and increases vehicle accidents. This study investigated the association of obstructive sleep apnea with the level of physical activity.Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, people who referred to a specialized occupational medicine clinic were enrolled by simple random method. After applying the entry criteria, participants completed package including demographic and occupational data, the IPAQ International Activity Questionnaire, the ESS daily sleepiness assessment and the STOP-BANG (SB) questionnaire. Fasting blood glucose and lipid profiles were measured and divided into two groups according to the score of SB questionnaire. Results: Totally 126 participants were enrolled and the mean age was 36.85 ± 9.88 years. There were 65 subjects(52%) high risk to obstructive sleep apnea and 61 non- cases (48%). The group with SB score less than 3 was significantly more frequent. Glucose, triglyceride and LDL levels were significantly higher in obstructive sleep group (p<0.05). Participants with low physical activity had significantly higher chance of obstructive apnea (OR = 9.6, 95% CI 1.1–78.8berr In addition, rotational shift decreased the odds of obstructive sleep apnea to 0.17 and Individuals with ESS more than 10 carried higher odds of obstructive sleep apnea.Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea and physical activity. Exercise and daily activities in people who are prone to disease as well as patients with a disease can help to prevent and improve apnea and its subsequent complications.
Lahya Afsharisaleh; Nasrin Anvari; Maliheh Dadgarmoghaddam; Bita Kiafar; Farzaneh Rahimpour
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Introduction: Work related dermatitis is one of the most prevalent diseases, which its economic and social effects on the individual and the society is considerable. The Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ-2002) is known as a comprehensive and standardized tools for screening the occupational ...
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Introduction: Work related dermatitis is one of the most prevalent diseases, which its economic and social effects on the individual and the society is considerable. The Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ-2002) is known as a comprehensive and standardized tools for screening the occupational skin diseases.The main purpose of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the NOSQ-2002/SHORT into Persian.Materials and methods: A survey cultural translation carried out during 2018 in Mashhad, Iran. The NOSQ-2002/SHORT adaptation process included the forward translation and reconciliation, back translation and an expert panel assessment. The content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) were calculated according the to Lawshe formula. The Persian version of the questionnaire was tested in 30 workers attended the training courses for health ID card confirmation as a pilot study and were confirmed by physical examination. Base on the participants’ opinion, the ambiguous questions were modified by the expert panel. Results: All the 15 questions had a CVR of 0.6 and higher. The overall content validity index of the questionnaire was equal to 0.80. Some obscure words not good understood by the pilot study participants were revised. The results of the questionnaire declaration was matched with the physical examination for each worker.Conclusion: The Persian version of the NOSQ-2002/SHORT questionnaire is now available for researchers for assessment hand eczema in the work settings. Further research is suggested to evaluate the validity of the Persian version of NOSQ-2002.