Abstract:
Objective To provide valuable experience for the nationwide surveys through the pre-survey and implementation analysis of the Chinese medical diagnostic X-ray workers' tumor effect cohort research project carried out in 6 districts of Chongqing.
Methods Based on the list of follow-up surveys in 1995, 126 medical staff who worked in 6 district and county hospitals in Chongqing from 1950 to 1980 were selected as the survey subjects, and 65 medical staff who had been engaged in radiation work were selected as the radiation group, including 54 males and 11 females; medical staff in internal medicine, surgery, otorhinolaryngology and 61 medical staff who haven't engaged in radiation work were used as the control group, including 54 males and 7 females. The information of previous surveys was in 1995 verified, a combination of retrospective and prospective cohort methods was used to identify malignancies, causes of death, and changes in radiation work among cohorts. The comparison of enumeration data was performed by χ2 test, and the comparison of measurement data was performed by Studet's t test, both of which were two-sided.
Results The pre-survey results show that a total of 95 team members have completed follow-up, including 59 cases in the radiation group, 36 cases in the radiation group. During the period 1950−2019 a total of 18 cases with tumors, including 13 cases in the radiation group, 5 cases in the control group. In 15 cases of tumor death, 10 cases in the radiation group and 5 cases in the control group. A total of 33 cases were dead, 31 cases were lost, and the rate of loss of follow-up was 24.6% (31/126). The rate of loss of follow-up in the control group was as high as 41.0% (25/61), was higher than in the radiation group (9.2%, 6/65), and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (χ2=17.104, P<0.001). In the pre-survey, the error rate of names of team members in pre-survey was 20.0% (19/95) and year of birth error rate 78.9% (75/79), and there is still a problem that the lack of completeness of the questionnaires.
Conclusion It provides a reference solution for the national X-ray worker tumor effect cohort study, such as supplementing confounding factors investigation, using resources from various regions to carry out work, establishing an online reporting system, etc.