Deora Kunal, Hulke Sandip Meghnad, Bhargava Daidipya Chandra
Student, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Adv Biomed Res. 2019 Jun 28;8:44. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_204_18. eCollection 2019.
Rapid rise in petrol pump filling station is seen in the last decade, and air pollution had increased drastically. Air pollutants and components in petrol may have delirious effect on respiratory health. Petrol pump workers are exposed to both factors, whereas auto-rickshaw drivers are exposed mainly to air pollutants. In the present study, respiratory function in petrol pump workers was compared with auto-rickshaw driver and healthy controls.
This was the cross-sectional study done on petrol pump workers, auto-rickshaw drivers, and healthy volunteers. ndd Large TrueFlow™ (EasyOne) spirometer was used to assess pulmonary function. One-way ANOVA and Chi-square test were used using statistical software.
No significant difference was seen in various spirometry parameters studied. Furthermore, no significant difference was observed the pattern of the lung function in three groups.
Nine years of occupation as petrol pump worker and auto-rickshaw drivers are not having any significant effect on lung function; however, large multicentric trials are recommended, whereby the role of various factors controlling pollution would be studied.
在过去十年中，加油站数量迅速增加，空气污染也急剧加剧。汽油中的空气污染物和成分可能对呼吸系统健康产生有害影响。加油站工作人员同时暴露于这两个因素，而自动人力车司机主要暴露于空气污染物。在本研究中，将加油站工作人员的呼吸功能与自动人力车司机和健康对照进行了比较。
这是一项针对加油站工作人员、自动人力车司机和健康志愿者的横断面研究。使用ndd Large TrueFlow™（EasyOne）肺活量计评估肺功能。使用统计软件进行单因素方差分析和卡方检验。
在所研究的各种肺量计参数中未观察到显著差异。此外，三组的肺功能模式也未观察到显著差异。
担任加油站工作人员和自动人力车司机九年对肺功能没有任何显著影响；然而，建议进行大型多中心试验，以研究控制污染的各种因素的作用。
