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Hamidreza Saberi, Masoud Motallebi, Hakimeh Zamani Badi, Mitra Hannani,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2018)
Abstract
Introduction: Cleaners make up a considerable part of workers in the worldwide and they perform their services as activities in home environment, industry, and work in hospitals and so on. Studies show that cleaning products contain a mixture of chemicals that many of them may affect health of the workers during be exposed to the breathing. So this study investigated the effects of these materials on a group of cleaners.
Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study has been conducted on 120 of cleaners in Kashan University of Medical Sciences. Data is collected using Persian Saint George Respiratory questionnaire and spirometery was performed once. Each spirogyra’s interpretation was based on the ATS criteria .The results analyzed using SPSS15 and chi square test and t test.
Results: Results show that between 80 cleaners who had inclusion criteria, 36.3%(29 patients) had respiratory symptoms in the workplace .The prevalence of respiratory symptoms, including: Shortness of breath 22/5% (n = 18), cough, 18/8% (n = 15), sputum 6/3% (5 patients), and wheezing 2/5% (2 people).The most common view of Spirometry is normal and probably normal (79/7%). Contact with acids and bases increase risk of respiratory symptoms in cleaner(3/71 fold). Spirometery view in contact to detergents or acids and bases has no significant relation.
Conclusion: The research shows that a third of patients had respiratory symptoms, So it is required that in review the respiratory system of employers in addition to use spirometric interpretation, the results of clinical signs and respiratory complaints should be considered to diagnosis.
Hamidreza Saberi, Hakimeh Zamani Badi, Masoud Motallebi, Mitra Hannani,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2018)
Abstract
Introduction: Despite much research on musculoskeletal disorders caused by labor in industry, workshops are less studied than other groups .For example, to date, a similar study on a Toreutics job has not taken place The present.this study aims to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the Toreutics workers the city of Isfahan . Methods and Materials: In the descriptive-analytic study and cross-sectional random sampling, 249 employees in the industry were involved in. The instruments used were demographic and scandivian Body Map questionnaire. Data were analyzed by T-test, Kolmogorov Mann Whitney, Levene Test and Smirnow with using SPSS 16 software. Results: Findings show that musculoskeletal complaints in this occupation are high So that 89.4% of the people surveyed mentioned at least one part of their body. The most common complaints relate to the neck, back and shoulders. The number of complaints increased with age and work experience significantly increased but between complaints of musculoskeletal disorders with working hours BMI and gender was not significantly correlated. Conclusion: skeletal-musculoskeletal complaints were very high. Preventive measures and training programs are essential in this group of workers.
