Thomas Jisha Saru, Mercy P J, Joseph Merlyn, Joseph Bobby
MSc Community Health Nursing, St. John's College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Former Professor, St. John's College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Sep-Dec;24(3):199-202. doi: 10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_19_20. Epub 2020 Dec 14.
Petrol pump workers are exposed to fumes emanated during petrol filling and vehicular exhaust thus falling prey to several respiratory diseases.
To assess the awareness and prevalence of respiratory morbidities among petrol pump workers of selected petrol pumps in Bangalore.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 158 petrol pump workers from 11 selected pumps in Bengaluru. Following IEC approval, the baseline socio-demographic data, knowledge regarding respiratory morbidities and current morbidity pattern were ascertained. Medical examination and Peak Expiratory Flow rate (PEFR) was estimated.
The 158 workers were all male, mostly between 18-27 years (65.19%) and high school educated (49.37%). Knowledge regarding respiratory morbidities was 56%, while prevalence of respiratory morbidity was 61%. Those workers who had completed their higher education (>10 standard), earning monthly income (>Rs. 5000) had better knowledge regarding respiratory morbidities.
Pre-employment and regular medical examination including lung function tests and promotion of use of PPEs to be implemented.
加油站工作人员会接触到加油过程中散发的烟雾以及车辆尾气，因此易患多种呼吸道疾病。
评估班加罗尔部分加油站工作人员对呼吸道疾病的认知情况及呼吸道疾病的患病率。
本横断面研究在班加罗尔11个选定加油站的158名加油站工作人员中进行。经IEC批准后，确定了基线社会人口统计学数据、对呼吸道疾病的认知情况以及当前的发病模式。进行了医学检查并估算了呼气峰值流速（PEFR）。
158名工作人员均为男性，大多年龄在18 - 27岁之间（65.19%），学历为高中（49.37%）。对呼吸道疾病的认知率为56%，而呼吸道疾病的患病率为61%。那些完成高等教育（>10年级）、月收入超过5000卢比的工作人员对呼吸道疾病有更好的认知。
实施入职前和定期医学检查，包括肺功能测试，并推广使用个人防护装备。
