Health Safety Environment Journal
Vol 1 No 1 (2020): September

FACTORS AFFECTING SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS) COMPLAINTS AMONG WORKERS: LITERATURE REVIEW

Saputro, Anjas Andi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Sep 2020

Abstract

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is a set of health symptoms that occur due to someone’s activity in a room or building. Recently, humans tend to do the work and activities inside a building. Therefore, this increases the risk of symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, nasal, skin and throat irritations. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that affected SBS symptoms on workers using a literature review method. All articles were searched and retrieved from electronic databases such as Pubmed, Google Scholar and Emerald Insight by looking at various significant factors of SBS in articles published from 2010 to 2020. A total of 31 journal articles reporting significant factors of SBS were collected. These factors include personal factors (age, gender, history of illness/allergies, smoking habits); physical factors (temperature, light, humidity, ventilation, noise); chemical factors (CO2, CO, VOCs, Formaldehyde); psychosocial factors (weak psychosocial, working period, working time, job satisfaction); and work environment factors (cigarette smoke, room hygiene and cleanliness, building design, unpleasant odor, IAQ). It is suggested that workers need to maintain personal health status, practice relaxation, wear a mask and not to smoke. Moreover, companies should conduct a regular health check and monitor the work environment.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

HSE

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions

Description

The aim of Health Safety Environment Journal (HSEJ) is to act as a media for the discussion of scientific, practice-based, and evidence-based aspects of health, safety, and the environment. The journal seeks to publish work which is capable of contributing to safe, healthy and sustainable work ...