Effects of hand-transmitted vibration on subjective symptoms in mine drilling workers / 中国职业医学
China Occupational Medicine
; (6): 168-171, 2020.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-881880
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effect of hand-transmitted vibration on the subjective symptoms of mine drilling workers.METHODS:
A total of 117 mine drilling workers exposed to hand-transmitted vibration were selected as the exposure group, and 46 workers without hand-transmitted vibration exposure were selected as control group by judgment sampling method. The Occupational Epidemiology Questionnaire of Mine Drilling Workers was used to investigate their subjective symptoms.RESULTS:
The prevalence of tinnitus, hearing loss, cough and sputum in the exposure group was higher than that in the control group(P<0.05). The occurrence rate of numbness, tingling, self-reported white fingers and cold hands in the exposure group was higher than that in the control group(P<0.05). The total rate of symptoms of hand in the exposure group was higher than that in the control group(38.5% vs 21.7%, P<0.05). The multivariate logistic regression analysis results indicated that hand-transmitted vibration exposure and service length were risk factors of abnormal hand symptoms(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:
Occupational hand-transmitted vibration exposure can affect the hand subjective symptoms of mine drilling workers, and the length of service is a synergistic influencing factor.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Occupational Medicine
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article