Abstract

ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ, Carlos; ROMERO SALDANA, Manuel  and  PRIETO BALLESTEROS, Antonio. Epidemiological evaluation of noise exposure in workers local police and firefighters. Rev Asoc Esp Espec Med Trab [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.2, pp.86-95. ISSN 3020-1160.

The discussion about the exclusion of certain jobs in the field of application of Law 31/1995, ended with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (12/01/2006). Objective: to know the risk of abnormal audiometry work-related, in order to be able to establish relationship between the position and exposure. Material and Methods: a case-control study conducted during the period 2006-2010 among local police officers, firefighters and personal Administration. An accessible population of 881 workers were recruited 631 who met inclusion criteria. Random and stratified by sex and age, the selected sample was 389 (207 cases and 182 controls). Statistical analysis was performed using contrast independent means and percentages and as a measure of association calculated the odds ratio (OR) for groups of multivariate analysis and logistic regression analysis and ROC curves. Results: in the univariate analysis, age, job (POL) and OSHA thresholds differ significantly, with an odds ratio of 2.8 (p <0.001) in the group of local police. In multivariate, age, OSHA thresholds and local police station (OR 2.8), remain so. The area under the ROC curve was to OSHA (0.815) Conclusions: the local police station shows higher risk of sensoneural injury than administrative staff, and the epidemiological assessment of health is shown as an effective tool for risk assessment.

Keywords : noise; job; police; acoustic trauma.

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