Occupational stress of anesthesia: Effects on aging
| Autor: | Ola M. Zanaty, Hala Mourad Demerdash, Shahira El Metainy, Rania Abdelmaksoud, Doaa M. Abo Aliaa, Heba Abo El Wafa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine Aging medicine.medical_specialty Specialty Subgroup analysis Group B Skin Aging Occupational Stress 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anesthesiology 030202 anesthesiology Physicians medicine Humans Prospective Studies business.industry Middle Aged Telomere Anesthesiologists Oxidative Stress 030104 developmental biology Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia Egypt Female Observational study Occupational stress business Stress Psychological Specialization Blood sampling |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 39:159-164 |
| ISSN: | 0952-8180 |
| Popis: | Background Anesthesiology has been identified as a stressful specialty. Chronic psychological stress may lead to biological aging and skin aging. Study objective The primary outcome was to measure physical health and emotional well-being. Secondary outcomes include skin aging analysis, telomere shortening in anesthetists. Design This is a prospective observational study. Settings University of Alexandria. Patients Study was carried out on 366 ASA I–II physicians 30–50yr. Interventions Physicians were categorized into two equal groups, Group A (183) were anesthesia physicians and Group B (183) were physicians in less stressful specialties (laboratory specialties). Subgroup analysis was performed comparing 10years' intervals from (30–40) and from (40–50). Measurements Physical health and emotional well-being were evaluated. All physicians were exposed to validated assessment scales for the upper face and the lower face for skin aging analysis. Blood sampling were drowned from all physicians during their working hours for analysis of telomere length, markers of oxidative stress. Results The two studied groups showed comparable demographic data and years of work. Physical health score and emotional health score showed higher values in Group A than Group B. Upper and lower face aesthetic unit summary score showed higher values in Group A than Group B. Telomere (TTAGGG) repeats for terminal restriction fragments (TRF) of Group A individuals revealed a significant decrease of TRF compared to Group B (p=0.001*). Conclusion Biological and skin aging is evident in anesthetists who are chronically exposed to occupational stress, with obvious shorter telomere length, higher lower and upper face scores, and free radicals. |
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