Ezeugwu L, Aguwa E N, Arinze-Onyia S U, Okeke T A
Registry Department, Madonna University, Enugu, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2017 Jul;20(7):867-872. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_258_16.
There has been increasing incidence of occupational diseases among woodworkers due to exposure to preventable hazards in the workplace. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of health education on the knowledge and practice of workplace hygiene and protective measures among woodworkers in Enugu timber market.
This was a before and after study conducted among 290 woodworkers using interviewer administered semi-structured questionnaire and manual on workplace hazards prevention. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17 and P-value of 0.05 was set as the significance level.
Two hundred and ninety respondents participated in the study; 282 (97.2%) were males, most completed secondary education and had worked for less than 10 years (71% and 58.3%, respectively). The mean knowledge score of participants pre- and postintervention were 89.5% ± 9.03 and 98.5% ± 1.84, respectively (P < 0.001). Educational status had effect on knowledge of participants (P < 0.001), whereas work experience had no effect (P = 0.285). Preintervention, 37.9% of the participants used protective materials regularly, which increased to 65.8% post intervention (P < 0.001). Personal hygiene practices showed mixed responses most of which improved post intervention. The most common reason for eating in workplace was excessive workload (60.3%), while lack of PPEs (29.3%) and lack of training (23.8%) were the most common reasons for nonuse of PPEs.
Majority of the participants had good knowledge of workplace hygiene but had poor use of PPEs. Health education intervention improved the use of PPEs and should be recommended.
由于在工作场所接触可预防的危害，木工职业病的发病率一直在上升。本研究的目的是确定健康教育对埃努古木材市场木工的工作场所卫生知识和防护措施实践的影响。
这是一项前后对照研究，对290名木工进行了调查，采用访谈员管理的半结构化问卷和工作场所危害预防手册。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）17版进行数据分析，将P值0.05设定为显著性水平。
290名受访者参与了研究；282名（97.2%）为男性，大多数完成了中等教育，工作年限少于10年（分别为71%和58.3%）。干预前后参与者的平均知识得分分别为89.5%±9.03和98.5%±1.84（P<0.001）。教育程度对参与者的知识有影响（P<0.001），而工作经验没有影响（P=0.285）。干预前，37.9%的参与者定期使用防护材料，干预后增加到65.8%（P<0.001）。个人卫生习惯的反应不一，大多数在干预后有所改善。在工作场所进食的最常见原因是工作量过大（60.3%），而不使用个人防护装备的最常见原因是缺乏个人防护装备（29.3%）和缺乏培训（23.8%）。
大多数参与者对工作场所卫生有良好的了解，但个人防护装备的使用情况较差。健康教育干预改善了个人防护装备的使用，应予以推荐。
