Sleeping tablet consumption, self reported quality of sleep, and working conditions. Group of Occupational Physicians of APSAT.

Study Objective: The aim was to assess the frequency of sleep disorders in relation to working conditions.

Design: This was a cross sectional study. Data were collected prospectively, on a standardised form, by 13 occupational physicians.

Length of occupational noise exposure and blood pressure.

A cross-sectional study was performed in the Paris area, with a total of 7901 subjects; 432 of them were exposed to occupational noise greater than or equal to 85 dBA. Noise was measured by the worksite physicians, and length of exposure was collected through interview. The subjects exposed to noise were mainly workers, their body mass index was higher and their job characteristics different from the other subjects, assembly line, shift-work and job under time pressure being more frequent.

[Sleep and hypertension. An epidemiologic study in 7,901 workers].

In order to evaluate possible correlations between blood pressure levels and sleep quality, 7,901 workers of both sexes living in Paris area have been the subject of a survey during their annual examination performed by workside physicians. The enquiry included questions related to sleep quantity and quality, sleeping pills consumption, awakenings, nightmares, snoring, way of life and working conditions. The information concerning these parameters was available for 7,542 people.

[Methods and results of arterial hypertension control in a working population].

The health benefits of hypertension treatment at the community level depend both of the quality of the blood pressure control obtained for each patient treated individually and of the percentage of the hypertensive patients actually aware, treated and controlled for hypertension in the entire population. The data collected in 1987 in a group of 7,901 subjects working in medium-sized companies of the Paris region were analysed, and compared with those obtained in a very comparable population in 1979-80. Among patients aware of their disease, the percentage of treated patients was higher in 1987 than in 1979, 55 p.