Health conditions of the Textiles Workers and their association with breathing condition
*Ajeet Jaiswal, **A K Kapoor, ***Satwanti Kapoor
The Asian Man: Vol. 5, Issue 1, January - June 2011 : 28-33
ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the occupational health and respiratory functions of textile workers. In the present study, an attempt has been made to study the occupational health and an influence on lung functions among textile workers and to compare their health profile with the non-textile workers. A total number of 463 adult workers working in different sectors in seventeen different factories and 457 non-workers of the same area were studied; a Statistical analyses like t- test and odds ratio was done to determine the significant difference between textile workers and control Subjects.The respiratory symptoms were found higher in Exposed Textile Workers as compared to control subjects. The multivariate analysis showed that the Period of exposure, Smoking habits(OR=9.54), Wool/synthetic (OR=19.2) and dye sector, Scouring (OR=11.0) and spinning sector (OR=4.78), poor ventilation (OR=17.1), Living in Kaccha Muddy) house (OR=7.65), with dry floor, with less than two rooms (OR=2.59), with dirty surrounding (OR=3.39), using smoke emitting chullah (stoves) (OR=8.19) especially Cowdung/Firewood were found to be most detrimental factors of cardio respiratory function among Textile Workers.
Key Words: Occupational health, textile workers, respiratory functions.
*Ajeet Jaiswal, **A K Kapoor, ***Satwanti Kapoor
The Asian Man: Vol. 5, Issue 1, January - June 2011 : 28-33
ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the occupational health and respiratory functions of textile workers. In the present study, an attempt has been made to study the occupational health and an influence on lung functions among textile workers and to compare their health profile with the non-textile workers. A total number of 463 adult workers working in different sectors in seventeen different factories and 457 non-workers of the same area were studied; a Statistical analyses like t- test and odds ratio was done to determine the significant difference between textile workers and control Subjects.The respiratory symptoms were found higher in Exposed Textile Workers as compared to control subjects. The multivariate analysis showed that the Period of exposure, Smoking habits(OR=9.54), Wool/synthetic (OR=19.2) and dye sector, Scouring (OR=11.0) and spinning sector (OR=4.78), poor ventilation (OR=17.1), Living in Kaccha Muddy) house (OR=7.65), with dry floor, with less than two rooms (OR=2.59), with dirty surrounding (OR=3.39), using smoke emitting chullah (stoves) (OR=8.19) especially Cowdung/Firewood were found to be most detrimental factors of cardio respiratory function among Textile Workers.
Key Words: Occupational health, textile workers, respiratory functions.
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