A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF RESPIRATORY CONDITION IN NON TEXTILE AND TEXTILE WORKERS
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 9
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among cotton-ginning workers. Byssinosis is a respiratory disease caused by inhalation of cotton dust for prolonged period of time. This is most frequently occurs in the cotton mill workers. The Aim of the study is 1. Determining the proportion of workers experiencing difficulty in breathing, chest tightness, chest pain, coughing, wheezing and phlegm. 2. To evaluate the pulmonary function test variation in textile workers with non-textile workers. The present study was conducted on three groups (I, II, III) of male subjects of age ranging 30 to 40 yrs, 41 to 50 yrs & 51 to 60 yrs. And each of the group is divided again into textile workers & non-textile workers. A structured questionnaire enquiring about the respiratory health was administered to the employees. And our result shows the Byssinotic symptoms were too high in cotton mill workers than control group. The pulmonary function test shows a significant reduction in lung capacity, and the mean values of FVC, FEV1, FEV1%, FEF 50%, were on negative side among cotton mill workers compared to control group and which is statistically significant.
Authors and Affiliations
Avinash P. Tekade, Hemalatha Devi A, Sreenivasulu M, Venkaresvare Rao P, Potu Kalyan Chakravarthy
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