Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran
Background and purpose: Lack of healthy air in classrooms and homes will reduce the level of health and disrupts students’ learning. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between CO2 concentration and other environmental parameters with sick building syndrome in schools and homes i...
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| author | Zahra Aghalari Abdoliman Amouei Ahmad Zarei Mojtaba Afsharnia Zahra Graili Mehdi Qasemi |
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| description | Background and purpose: Lack of healthy air in classrooms and homes will reduce the level of health and disrupts students’ learning. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between CO2 concentration and other environmental parameters with sick building syndrome in schools and homes in Babol, north of Iran, 2018.
Materials and methods: To measure carbon dioxide, temperature, and humidity, the TES 1370 was used. This study was conducted among 85 students in five primary, secondary, and high schools. Selection of schools, classrooms, and students was performed using a multistage random sampling. Data were collected through interviews using MM040EA questionnaire. Chi-square, ANOVA, and T-test were used to determine the relationship between sick building syndrome and environmental parameters.
Results: The most common symptoms of building syndrome were fatigue (45.8%) in winter and headache (35.3%) in spring. T-test showed significant relationships between carbon dioxide and building syndrome signs in winter (P= 0.02) and spring (P= 0.01) in classrooms and homes. But there was no significant relationship between the syndrome and moisture and temperature. Among the risk factors investigated in winter and spring, noise was reported as an annoying risk factor.
Conclusion: The study showed that concentration of carbon dioxide has a significant relationship with development of sick building syndrome in students. The symptoms of sick building syndrome were found to be mild in our samples, but due to poor physical conditions in some schools and even in home settings, optimization of these spaces should be done. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a4c2ea28377455c85393786dc5661382023-01-25T06:19:57ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792019-04-01291713144Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, IranZahra Aghalari0Abdoliman Amouei1Ahmad Zarei2Mojtaba Afsharnia3Zahra Graili4Mehdi Qasemi5 MSc Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran . Environmental Health Research Center (EHRC), Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Assisstant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Ph.D. Student of Biostatistics, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Department, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran Lecturer, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Background and purpose: Lack of healthy air in classrooms and homes will reduce the level of health and disrupts students’ learning. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between CO2 concentration and other environmental parameters with sick building syndrome in schools and homes in Babol, north of Iran, 2018. Materials and methods: To measure carbon dioxide, temperature, and humidity, the TES 1370 was used. This study was conducted among 85 students in five primary, secondary, and high schools. Selection of schools, classrooms, and students was performed using a multistage random sampling. Data were collected through interviews using MM040EA questionnaire. Chi-square, ANOVA, and T-test were used to determine the relationship between sick building syndrome and environmental parameters. Results: The most common symptoms of building syndrome were fatigue (45.8%) in winter and headache (35.3%) in spring. T-test showed significant relationships between carbon dioxide and building syndrome signs in winter (P= 0.02) and spring (P= 0.01) in classrooms and homes. But there was no significant relationship between the syndrome and moisture and temperature. Among the risk factors investigated in winter and spring, noise was reported as an annoying risk factor. Conclusion: The study showed that concentration of carbon dioxide has a significant relationship with development of sick building syndrome in students. The symptoms of sick building syndrome were found to be mild in our samples, but due to poor physical conditions in some schools and even in home settings, optimization of these spaces should be done.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-11950-en.htmlair pollutioncarbon dioxidesick building syndromeschoolshouses |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Aghalari Abdoliman Amouei Ahmad Zarei Mojtaba Afsharnia Zahra Graili Mehdi Qasemi Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences air pollution carbon dioxide sick building syndrome schools houses |
| title | Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran |
| title_full | Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran |
| title_short | Relationship between CO2 Concentration and Environmental Parameters with Sick Building Syndrome in School and House Settings in Babol, Iran |
| title_sort | relationship between co2 concentration and environmental parameters with sick building syndrome in school and house settings in babol iran |
| topic | air pollution carbon dioxide sick building syndrome schools houses |
| url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-11950-en.html |
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