The prevalance of sick building syndrome among civil servants of a public corporation and its relationship between some risk factors

This study aims to detect the prevalance of ?Sick Building Syndrome? among civil servants of public corporation, and some of the risk factors influencing this syndrome.Area of this sectional study contains 350 employees working in Keçiören Municipality main building. Almost 84.8% of all employees (297 people) were enrolled to the study.A questionnaire and an evaluation form were developed for this study. A specialist team measured ?heat, humidity, enlightenment and the levels of formaldehyde and carbonmonoxide?.The level of formaldehyde was higher than 0.05 ppm in 93.6% of all rooms (278 people) (Average: 1,1 ± 0,8 ppm, min: 0, max: 3,0 ppm). Carbon monoxide, however, was present in 91.2% of study rooms (271 people) (Average: 2,9 ± 2,3 ppm, min: 0, max: 8,4 ppm).The initial sick building syndrome symptoms were fatigue (69,0%), headache (65,7%) and burning of eyes (55,2%).Sick building syndrome was detected in 31.9% of all employees enrolled to the study.The prevalence of sick building syndrome was higher in women than men and this difference was statistically significant (Fischer?s exact p: 0.007).The frequency of sick building syndrome was higher in rooms where carbon monoxide was present (Fisher?s exact p: 0,008).To conclude, obviously, being aware of the effects on health in the building, in which we spend most of the day and taking precautions against these, would improve the quality of labour and the performances of employees.