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Assessment of Respiratory Morbidities among Police Personnel in Kochi city, Ernakulam
Background: Among the 11 million cases of occupational diseases globally, 1.9 (17%) million cases are contributed by India. Growing traffic pollution in India has become the fifth largest killer in the country. Most studies on occupational health in India are done in industrial settings whereas few...
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Achutha Menon Centre for Health Sciences Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
2013
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| 100 | |a Elsa Mary |9 21732 | ||
| 245 | |a Assessment of Respiratory Morbidities among Police Personnel in Kochi city, Ernakulam | ||
| 260 | |b Achutha Menon Centre for Health Sciences Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |c 2013 | ||
| 500 | |a Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement For the award of the degree of Master of Public Health | ||
| 520 | |a Background: Among the 11 million cases of occupational diseases globally, 1.9 (17%) million cases are contributed by India. Growing traffic pollution in India has become the fifth largest killer in the country. Most studies on occupational health in India are done in industrial settings whereas few studies have looked into occupational groups exposed to air pollution. Traffic police personnel by nature of their job are continuously exposed to toxic pollutants from automobiles. The study aimed to assess the respiratory morbidities among police personnel in Kochi city and to find out the factors associated with respiratory morbidity among them. Methodology: A Cross sectional study was done among police personnel from all the 4 traffic stations and 4 randomly selected law and order stations in the city. Cluster sampling method was used. A structured interview schedule and peak flow meter reading were the main tools. The outcome was a single composite variable created out of four main chronic respiratory morbidities. Analysis was done in SPSS 17 version. Results: The prevalence of chronic cough, chronic phlegm, chronic wheeze, peak flow restriction and any form of chronic respiratory morbidity were 6.3, 12.3,4, 25.2 and 34.8 percentages respectively. Work related factors like number of service years in the city [OR: 1.17 -3.06], nature of shift [OR:1.13- 3.02], working hours near roadside per day[OR: 1.17- 3.19] were significantly associated with the outcome. Conclusion: Police personnel working in traffic have significantly higher prevalence of respiratory morbidity. Appropriate use of face mask was nearly 0.3% (1). Periodic monitoring of this group can detect early signs of dysfunctions and measures including supply of appropriate and acceptable personal protective equipments could be taken. | ||
| 650 | |a MASTERS DEGREE DISSERTATION; |a AIR POLLUTION |9 21733 | ||
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