Prevalene of respiratory simptons among furniture factore workers, in Votuporanga-SP / Prevalencia de sintomas respiratorios entre trabalhadores da industria moveleira, da cidade de Votuporanga-SP

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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The occupational asthma, pneumoconioses and granulomatosis diseases are considered the main respiratory illness related with occupational exposure. In developed countries, they are well documented in databases of epidemiological surveillance that allow a detailed analysis of the morbid-mortality. In Brazil, the researches about these diseases are rare and there is not availability of bases to estimate the magnitude of this problem. This way, it became appropriate research in this area and in a region considered important industrial center of furniture. It could provide essential information for the understanding of respiratory symptoms among those workers. Objective to evaluate the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among formal workers of the furniture industries; exposed to the wood dust, paints and varnish, from the city of Votuporanga and throughout the region. A cross-sectional study to evaluate workers from the furniture industries that were expose to wood dust, paints and-or varnish at least one year, without respiratory infections mentioned and they agreed in participate of the research after they have been explained. It was applied the initial questionnaire, ISAAC for detection of respiratory manifestation and atopic diseases; complementary questionnaire smoking consuptionto the history and nicotine charge and the final questionnaire of occupational history. To the symptomatic individuals was applied the MRC and realized spirometry pre and post Bd in the symptomatic grup and in the control group without pharmacologic teste. To comparison between the symptomatic group and the control group was used t test of Student to the independent groups, Pearson s correlation for the spirometric variables and time of exposure and qui-squared to observation of association of tobaccoism and symptoms and between pulmonary function and symptoms. 499 were evaluated worker, on average, the age of 32.8 ± 9.44, and 77.2% male and 22.8 female; 351 non-smoking, 53 smoke and 95 ex-smokers, the average of exposure time was of 8.42 ± 8.09 years, 331(66.3) worked in the carpentry, 97(19.4%) polishing and 71(14.2%) painting section; 5.6% of total workers reported present respiratory symptoms, 16% reported rhino-conjunctivitis and 8.4% reported eczema. A light whistle and dyspnea were observed in the symptomatic group when applied the MRC questionnaire. The spirometric variable FEF25-75% correlated with time of exposure and there was not association between pulmonary function and symptoms. The prevalence of respiratory symptoms was 5.6% among workers and was observed probable small airway diseases.

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questionarios industria de moveis - são paulo (sp) furniture factory signs and symptoms questionnaires respiratory espirometria spirometry sinais e sintomas respiratorios

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