Noise, a Risk for Heart in Airplane Pilots

• Conditions: Pericarditis
• Interventions: Other: exposure to occupational noise; Procedure: cardiovascular valuation

• Registration Number: NCT01063582
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Brief Summary

Study of noise generated by military-type aircraft and equipment maintenance in relation to non-auditory effects that impact with the body of the crew and ground staff can cause cardiac pathologies

Hypothesis of work: The pilots and the technical personnel of maintenance that work before the exhibition of noise generated by planes hunt F-16, or equipments of maintenance of the same ones, present major risk of a cardiac affectation, which demonstrates in changes in the normal pace of the heart, in his function of bomb or in hemodynamic conditions.

Detailed Description

The work area military airport is characterized by low frequency noise in sound pressure levels exceeding 100 dB, smashing into the body of pilots and ground staff.

It found variations in the thickness of the pericardium and deviation measures ejection fraction

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-02
• Primary Completion: 2005-09
• Status Verified: 2007-01
• Study First Submitted: 2010-02-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-02-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2010-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2010-02-05
• Study Completion: 2010-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

• exposure to noise from military aircraft

Exclusion Criteria

• inactive personal or vacation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
fighter pilots f-16	exposure to occupational noise	This group is made up of pilots from the F-16 Venezuelan military air force stationed in the Base Vicente Landaeta Gil de Barquisimeto, Lara State.
fighter pilots f-16	cardiovascular valuation	This group is made up of pilots from the F-16 Venezuelan military air force stationed in the Base Vicente Landaeta Gil de Barquisimeto, Lara State.
aircraft maintenance personnel f-16	exposure to occupational noise	Staff responsible for the preparation of aircraft for the flight and maintenance in the hangar at the airbase Vicente Landaeta Gil de Barquisimeto, Lara. Venezuela
aircraft maintenance personnel f-16	cardiovascular valuation	Staff responsible for the preparation of aircraft for the flight and maintenance in the hangar at the airbase Vicente Landaeta Gil de Barquisimeto, Lara. Venezuela

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
left ventricular systolic function	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
electrical disturbance of the heart	15 days
analysis of clinical background for selection of sample subjects	3 months
study of the dimensions of cavities of the heart	15 days
haemodynamic study of the conditions	15 days
characterization of ambient sound military aero by Sound Level Meter	15 days
sensitivity analysis of noise dosimetry	15 days
subjective perception of noise	15 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain