COMPARATIVE REPORT ON PULMONARY FUNCTIONS IN RURAL AND URBAN WOMEN IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA- A TIME FOR SCREENING RURAL POPULATION?
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 91
Abstract
BACKGROUND Around 3 billion people still cook and heat their homes using solid fuels (i.e. wood, crop wastes, charcoal, coal and dung) in open fires and leaky stoves. Most are poor and live in low- and middle-income countries. In rural India, nearly 90% of the primary energy is derived from biomass (wood, 56%; crop residues, 16%; dung, 21%). We took up this study with an aim to compare the lung functions of both rural and urban population in Maharashtra, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS 324 rural women and 253 urban women in Maharashtra, India, were interviewed with a standard respiratory questionnaire and their pulmonary function test was performed using portable computerised spirometer. RESULTS The comparative pulmonary function parameter based on the pulmonary function testing in rural and urban women showed significant lung function abnormalities (FEV1, FEV1/ FVC, PEFR, MEF 25-75) in rural women exposed to biomass fuel as compared to urban women who use LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) for cooking. CONCLUSION Biomass fuel exposure poses a great impact on lung functions of rural women. Factors like poor ventilation in kitchen, lack of screening programs and late manifestation of disease cause irreversible damage to lung functions.
Authors and Affiliations
Medha Deepak Bargaje, Saurabh Singh, Anita Tulshiramji Anokar, Ram Balakrishna Deoskar, Shrivallabh Sane
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