Biswas Debasish, Sau Manabendra, Paik Gautam, Madhwani Kishore P, Samanta Amalendu
Department of Community Medicine, R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Occupational Health Consultant, Innovative Wellness Sculptors, Simla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Dec;13(12):5894-5899. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_635_24. Epub 2024 Dec 9.
Workers who work in metallurgy factories processing aluminium are at risk of exposure to various kinds of metals and chemicals.
To describe sociodemographic characteristics and to find out morbidity profile of study participants .
A cross-sectional O bservational descriptive study was conducted in two aluminium processing metallurgy factories in Howrah district of Indian state of West Bengal. The sample size for the proposed research study was 424 workers. Data were collected through a predesigned and pretested questionnaire and were subsequently analyzed by using suitable statistical package.
The mean age of the workers was 45.46 years with standard deviation of 10.25 years. Maximum (28.54%) respondents had completed primary standard, and majority of respondents were from upper middle class (34.67%). 16.75% of workers reported that they suffered from communicable disease s, and 76.42% of participants reported noncommunicable diseases. 63.44% of study participants were overweight. This study showed musculoskeletal discomfort in different joints and body parts in 23.35% of participants; 2.82% of participants had ventilatory defects of lung. 3.07% of participants were suffering from hearing loss, and 5.90% of participants had refractive error of eyes.
Noncommunicable disease burden was higher than communicable diseases among study participants. Almost one out of four participants reported musculoskeletal discomfort in different joints and body parts.
在铝加工冶金工厂工作的工人面临接触各种金属和化学物质的风险。
描述研究参与者的社会人口学特征并了解其发病情况。
在印度西孟加拉邦豪拉区的两家铝加工冶金工厂进行了一项横断面观察性描述性研究。拟进行的研究样本量为424名工人。通过预先设计和预测试的问卷收集数据，随后使用合适的统计软件包进行分析。
工人的平均年龄为45.46岁，标准差为10.25岁。最大比例（28.54%）的受访者完成了小学教育，大多数受访者来自中上层阶级（34.67%）。16.75%的工人报告患有传染病，76.42%的参与者报告患有非传染病。63.44%的研究参与者超重。本研究显示，23.35%的参与者在不同关节和身体部位存在肌肉骨骼不适；2.82%的参与者有肺部通气缺陷。3.07%的参与者患有听力损失，5.90%的参与者有眼睛屈光不正。
研究参与者中非传染病负担高于传染病。几乎四分之一的参与者报告在不同关节和身体部位存在肌肉骨骼不适。
