Indoor Decoration and Health Effects / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the adverse health effects of indoor decoration on the inhabitants and to provide scientific evidences for improving the living conditions.Methods To investigate the condition of room decorating,fitment and the health situation of inhabitants,then analyze the data by multiple Logistic regression.Results The indoor air pollution caused by indoor decoration could cause many kinds of complaints.The result of single factor analysis showed that less than 6 months after the decoration(OR=9.45),to live in the room in less than half month after the decoration(OR=1.97)and living in the room for less than 1 month(OR=16.19)maybe increase the risk of complaints.When adjusted the effects of the other influence factors,the result showed that the longer the time of decoration was finished,the lower the risk of complaints was(OR=0.82,95%CI:0.73-0.91).Keeping ventilation could decrease the risk of complaints(OR=0.68,95%CI:0.54-0.87).Conclusion The results of this investigation indicate that the discomfortable symptoms of inhabitants living in the room decorated recently are the combined results of many factors which include room decorating,the surrounding of living,the working condition,individual habit and living habits.To prolong the time of living in the room after decoration and keep the room ventilation can decrease the adverse effects of decoration pollution.