Population-Based Study on Cancer Incidence in Pharmacist: A Cohort Study in Taiwan

doi:10.3390/ijerph182312625

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Title:	Population-Based Study on Cancer Incidence in Pharmacist: A Cohort Study in Taiwan
Authors:	Lin, Ya-Wen Lin, Che-Huei Pai, Lee-Wen Mou, Chih-Hsin Wang, Jong-Yi Lin, Ming-Hung
Contributors:	China Med Univ, Sch Nursing China Med Univ, Dept Publ Hlth Natl Chiayi Univ, Dept Coll Business Adm Chia Nan Univ Pharm Sci, Coll Pharm & Sci Cent Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Nursing China Med Univ Hosp, Management Off Hlth Data China Med Univ, Dept Hlth Serv Adm Natl Taichung Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Nursing
Keywords:	pharmacists occupational cancer risk factor
Date:	2021
Issue Date:	2023-11-11 11:43:14 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	MDPI
Abstract:	Cancer is increasing in rate globally and is leading cause of death among no communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) after cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most of the research focuses on the risk of occupational injury, job stress, mental illness, substance abuse and workplace safety in physicians and nurses. However, fewer studies have investigated the risk of cancer in pharmacists. We compared the matched general population to investigate the risk of cancer in pharmacists in Taiwan. Data were obtained from the Health and Welfare Data Science Center of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan. We established a pharmacist group that included 11,568 pharmacists and selected a 4-fold comparison (n = 46,272) for the non-clinics comparison group, frequency being matched by age, gender and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score. The pharmacists had a lower but non-significant risk of all cancer (Adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.85-1.07) compared with the general population. Female pharmacists had a higher risk of cancer than male pharmacists ([aHR] = 1.23; 95% CI = 1.06-1.43). Pharmacists had higher risks of breast cancer in females (aHR = 1.68; 95% CI = 1.35-2.08) and of prostate cancer in males (aHR = 2.18; 95% CI = 1.35-2.08) when compared with the general population. Occupational risk factors could play a role, but they were not evaluated. These epidemiological findings require additional studies to clarify cancer risk mechanisms in pharmacists.
Relation:	INT J ENV RES PUB HE, v.18, n.23, pp.12625
Appears in Collections:	[Dept. of Pharmacy] Periodical Articles

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