Symptoms of long-term exposure to moxa smoke in acupuncturists： a correlation analysis  

作　　者：Wang Xiang Yu Chang Tang Yong Chang Shyang Yang Hui Zhang He Jiaozi Zhang Yueyue Jiao Yang Zhuang Zhiqi Yin Haiyan Zhang Chengshun Lu Peng Wu Qiaofeng Yu Shuguang 

机构地区：[1]Acupuncture and Tuina College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, China [2]Departmnet of rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an 710077, China [3]Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, China Taiwan [4]Institute of Acupuncture and Homeostasis Regulation, Chengdu 610075, China

出　　处：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》2018年第1期132-138,共7页中医杂志（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2015CB554504)

摘　　要：OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of long-term exposure to moxa smoke on acupuncturists and to consider the association between physical symptoms and gender, age, secondhand smoke(SHS) exposure, and the duration of exposure.METHODS: A self-report, web-based questionnaire was used to evaluate the effects of moxa smoke onacupuncturists. Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between physical symptoms and possible correlative factors.RESULTS: A total of 858 questionnaires were analyzed. The data showed that 42.42% of acupuncturists had been exposed to moxa smoke for 5-10 years. The most frequent symptom was tearing(32.98%) and the least frequent symptom was asthma(5.24%). Logistic regression analysis showed that female acupuncturists were slightly more susceptible to cough and tearing than males(cough:OR: 1.583, 95% CI: 1.079, 2.321, P = 0.019; tearing:OR: 1.519, 95% CI: 1.094, 2.108, P = 0.013). Acupuncturists aged over 25 years reported a slightly lower incidence of eye itchiness than those aged under25 years(26-40 years: OR: 0.604, 95% CI: 0.379,0.965, P = 0.035; over 40 years: OR: 0.330, 95% CI:0.114, 0.958, P = 0.042). Ophthalmodynia occurred less in acupuncturists aged 26-40 years(OR: 0.591,95% CI: 0.359, 0.970, P = 0.038) than in those younger than 25 years. The only association between prevalence of symptoms and tobacco use and SHS exposure was that smokers had a lower occurrence of phlegm in the throat(OR: 0.579, 95% CI: 0.392,0.856, P = 0.006). Shortness of breath was less frequent in participants exposed to moxa smoke for more than 5 years(5-10 years: OR: 0.400, 95% CI:0.204, 0.785, P = 0.008; 11-20 years: OR: 0.392, 95%CI: 0.178, 0.864, P = 0.02), but a slightly higher incidence of eye itchiness was found in those with over20 years of moxa exposure(OR: 4.200, 95% CI:1.344, 3.128, P = 0.014).CONCLUSION: The most frequent symptom of moxa smoke exposure in acupuncturists was tear-ing. The association of symptoms with age and duration of exposure to moxa smoke were rather complicated; hOBJECTIVE： To investigate the effects of long-term exposure to moxa smoke on acupuncturists and to consider the association between physical symptoms and gender, age, secondhand smoke （SHS） exposure, and the duration of exposure. METHODS- A self-report, web-based questionnaire was used to evaluate the effects of moxa smoke on acupuncturists. Logistic regression was used to ana- lyze the relationship between physical symptoms and possible correlative factors. RESULTS： A total of 858 questionnaires were ana- lyzed. The data showed that 42.42% of acupuncturists had been exposed to moxa smoke for 5-10 years. The most frequent symptom was tearing （32.98%） and the least frequent symptom was asthma （5.24%）. Logistic regression analysis showed that female acupuncturists were slightly more sus- ceptible to cough and tearing than males （cough： OR： 1.583, 95% CI： 1.079, 2.321, P = 0.019; tearing： OR： 1.519, 95% CI： 1.094, 2.108, P = 0.013）. Acupuncturists aged over 25 years reported a slightly lower incidence of eye itchiness than those aged under 25 years （26-40 years： OR： 0.604, 95% CI： 0.379, 0.965, P = 0.035; over 40 years： OR： 0.330, 95% CI： 0.114, 0.958, P = 0.042）. Ophthalmodynia occurred less in acupuncturists aged 26-40 years （OR： 0.591, 95% CI： 0.359, 0.970, P = 0.038） than in those young- er than 25 years. The only association between prevalence of symptoms and tobacco use and SHS exposure was that smokers had a lower occurrence of phlegm in the throat （OR： 0.579, 95% CI： 0.392, 0.856, P = 0.006）. Shortness of breath was less fre quent in participants exposed to moxa smoke for more than 5 years （5-10 years： OR： 0.400, 95% CI： 0.204, 0.785, P = 0.008; 11-20 years： OR： 0.392, 95% CI： 0.178, 0.864, P = 0.02）, but a slightly higher inci- dence of eye itchiness was found in those with over 20 years of moxa exposure （OR： 4.200, 95% CI： 1.344, 3.128, P = 0.014）. CONCLUSION＂ The most frequent symptom of moxa smoke exposure in acupun

关 键 词：MOXIBUSTION Smoking  non-tobacco product ACUPUNCTURISTS Signs and symptoms Lo- gistic model 

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