Basheer Ramziya, Bhargavi P G, Prakash Hari P
Department of Speech and Hearing, AWH Special College, Kallai, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Department of Speech and Hearing, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Noise Health. 2019 Mar-Apr;21(99):62-68. doi: 10.4103/nah.NAH_9_19.
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is considered as a common occupational hazard among the industrial workers. The printing press is one of the common industrial set up where noise levels are often high. The awareness of people working in such a setup is generally less towards the hazards that is caused by noise exposure.
The current study was designed to identify the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of printing press workers towards NIHL.
: Cross-sectional study was carried using an adapted and validated KAP questionnaire. It was administered on 57 workers in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The study was carried out in two phases: phase I included the adaptation and validation of KAP questionnaire to printing press workers. Phase II comprised of the administration of the questionnaire among the study population.
: Descriptive statistics was used to compile the results. To measure the internal consistency Cronbach's alpha scale was used.
The responses obtained from workers showed inadequate knowledge, negative attitudes in certain subdomains and poor practice.
The findings from the present study sheds light on the dearth of awareness in printing press workers on hearing conservation and need of training programs to educate the printing press workers towards the effects of NIHL.
噪声性听力损失（NIHL）被认为是产业工人中常见的职业危害。印刷厂是常见的工业场所之一，其噪声水平通常较高。在这种场所工作的人员对噪声暴露所造成的危害普遍认识不足。
本研究旨在确定印刷厂工人对噪声性听力损失的知识、态度和行为（KAP）。
采用经过改编和验证的KAP问卷进行横断面研究。对喀拉拉邦特里凡得琅的57名工人进行了问卷调查。
本研究分两个阶段进行：第一阶段包括对KAP问卷进行改编并验证其适用于印刷厂工人。第二阶段包括在研究人群中发放问卷。
采用描述性统计方法汇总结果。使用Cronbach's alpha量表来衡量内部一致性。
从工人那里获得的回答显示，他们知识不足，在某些子领域态度消极，行为不佳。
本研究结果揭示了印刷厂工人在听力保护方面缺乏认识，以及需要开展培训项目来教育印刷厂工人了解噪声性听力损失的影响。
