Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye.
Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye.
Med Lav. 2022 Oct 24;113(5):e2022044. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v113i5.13350.
Workplaces play a critical role in developing ocular diseases, owing to the risk of accidents. This study aimed to evaluate the ocular health of industrial workers by determining the prevalence of foreign body injury, refractive error, dry eye, and pterygium/pingueculae, as well as the factors influencing these diseases.
This study involved on-site examinations of workers from an industrial area hosting marble processing factories and metal sectors. Data such as refractive error, foreign body injury-related corneal nephelium, pterygium/pingueculae presence, and Schirmer test-assisted dry eye evaluation were all collected.
The average age of workers was 35.78±10.05 years, with a female-to-male ratio of 20:220. The majority of workers had completed primary school (56.3%), smoked >1 cigarette/day (57.6%), and did not use any assistive devices for bodily functions (88.3%). On average, working hours/week were 55.07±8.79, and working years were 5.99±7.00. Dry eyes were found in 31 (22%), and 35 (34%) marble and metal workers, respectively (p=0.042). 11 (7.9%) marble workers and 29 (28%) metal workers had foreign body ocular injury-related corneal nephelium (p=0.0001). Furthermore, pterygium/pingueculae were revealed in 17 marble workers (12.3%) and three metal workers (3%) (p=0.009).
Ocular health is essential, and routine ocular health screening in industrial workers, as well as workplace safety measures, should be implemented to prevent potential occupational accidents.
由于存在事故风险，工作场所对眼部疾病的发生起着至关重要的作用。本研究旨在通过确定异物损伤、屈光不正、干眼症和翼状胬肉/结膜下赘肉的患病率，以及影响这些疾病的因素，来评估工业工人的眼部健康。
本研究对一个工业区内的大理石加工厂和金属行业的工人进行了现场检查。收集了屈光不正、与异物损伤相关的角膜云翳、翼状胬肉/结膜下赘肉的存在以及 Schirmer 试验辅助干眼症评估等数据。
工人的平均年龄为 35.78±10.05 岁，女性与男性的比例为 20:220。大多数工人完成了小学教育（56.3%）、每天吸烟超过 1 支（57.6%）且不使用任何辅助身体功能的设备（88.3%）。平均每周工作时间为 55.07±8.79 小时，工作年限为 5.99±7.00 年。分别有 31（22%）和 35（34%）名大理石和金属工人患有干眼症（p=0.042）。11（7.9%）名大理石工人和 29（28%）名金属工人的眼部异物损伤相关角膜云翳（p=0.0001）。此外，17 名大理石工人（12.3%）和 3 名金属工人（3%）患有翼状胬肉/结膜下赘肉（p=0.009）。
眼部健康至关重要，应在工业工人中定期进行眼部健康筛查，并采取工作场所安全措施，以防止潜在的职业事故。
