The Influence of Occupational Noise Exposure on Cardiovascular and Hearing Conditions among Industrial Workers
Autor: | Boshen Wang, Qiu Dong, Haiyan Song, Xiuting Li, Baoli Zhu, Shizhi Wang |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Threshold limit value Hearing loss Cardiovascular Abnormalities Prevalence lcsh:Medicine Audiology Occupational noise exposure Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Noise exposure Occupational Exposure Humans Medicine Workplace lcsh:Science Hearing Disorders Multidisciplinary Occupational health Noise pollution business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) lcsh:R Middle Aged Occupational Diseases Noise 030104 developmental biology Hearing Loss Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Female lcsh:Q medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019) Scientific Reports |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Popis: | This study was conducted to estimate the current prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular condition and hearing difficulty of workers exposure to occupational noise, and to analyze any associations between these abnormal signs and occupational noise exposure. The subjects included 5205 noise-exposed workers. Workers with high noise exposure were more likely to have a higher threshold value than low exposure ones (P Adjusted OR = 1.59, 95% CI, 1.19–2.11) and hearing loss (Adjusted OR = 1.28, 95% CI, 1.03–1.60) when comparing to low-level noise exposure. In male workers, the prevalence of hearing difficulty in high exposure group was approximately 1.2 times worse than in low group (P = 0.006). In addition, exposure to high noise level demonstrated a significant association with hypertension and hearing loss when the duration time to occupational noise was longer than 10 years. Hypertension and hearing difficulty is more prevalent in the noise-exposed group (higher than 85 dB[A]). Steps to reduce workplace noise levels and to improve workplace-based health are thus urgently needed. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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