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摘要
众所周知,木屑会导致鼻炎和哮喘等呼吸系统疾病。因此,进行这项研究是为了确定尼日利亚东南部暴露于高水平木尘的木工中问题的严重程度。采用分层随机抽样法选取591名木工。然后观察研究人群中与木材有关的鼻炎和哮喘的患病率。同时测定了每位木工工人的呼气峰流速(PEFR)。职业性鼻炎患病率为78%,哮喘患病率为6.5%。随着工作年限的增加,鼻炎、哮喘患病率增加(鼻炎:ch2趋势= 53.015,df = 1, P = 0.000)。哮喘患儿chi2趋势= 19.721,df = 1, P = 0.000)。随着木制品接触年限的增加,PEFR显著降低(chi2趋势= 75.965,df = 1, P = 0.000)。结论:木工人群鼻炎、哮喘患病率较高,且随工作年限的增加而显著增高。
The prevalence of occupational asthma and rhinitis among woodworkers in south-eastern Nigeria.
Wood dusts are known to cause respiratory disorders like rhinitis and asthma. This study was therefore done to determine the magnitude of the problem among woodworkers in south-eastern Nigeria exposed to high level of wood dust. Five hundred and ninety one woodworkers were selected using a stratified random sampling. The prevalence of woodwork-related rhinitis and asthma were then observed in the study population. Also the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of each woodworker was obtained. The prevalence of occupational rhinitis was 78%, while that of asthma was 6.5%. As period of woodwork increased the prevalence of rhinitis and asthma increased (rhinitis: chi2 trend = 53.015, df = 1, P = 0.000). For asthma, chi2 trend = 19.721, df = 1, P = 0.000). Also the PEFR significantly became low with increasing years of exposure to woodwork (chi2 trend = 75.965, df = 1, P = 0.000). In conclusion the prevalence of rhinitis and asthma in woodworkers was high and significantly increased with years of working as a woodworker.