Abstract
OBJECTIVE To analyze the state of psychosocial and mental health of professionals affected by asbestos.METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 110 professionals working in the Ferrolterra region of Spain, who were affected by asbestos poisoning. This group was compared with a group of 70 shipyard workers with no manifestation of work-related diseases. All the participants were male with a mean age of 67 years. This study was conducted in 2013, between January and June, and used the SCL-90 questionnaire by Derogatis as its primary measure for research. This questionnaire consists of 9 variables that measure psychosomatic symptoms. In addition, an overall index of psychosomatic gravity was calculated. The participants were also asked two questions concerning their overall perception of feeling good. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and logistic regression.RESULTS Participants affected by asbestos poisoning showed high occurrence rates of psychological health variables such as somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism, and global severity index.CONCLUSIONS Social interaction as a differentiating factor between workers affected by work-related chronic syndromes as compared to healthy participants will possibly aid in the development of intervention programs by improving the social network of affected individuals.
Highlights
Despite the global importance of constant health promotion, workers suffer from serious health problems arising from extreme conditions
Social interaction as a differentiating factor between workers affected by work-related chronic syndromes as compared to healthy participants will possibly aid in the development of intervention programs by improving the social network of affected individuals
The participants considered to be intoxicated were radiologically classified, as established by the International Labor Organization (ILO), for pneumoconiosis. This classification is especially useful for detecting breathing diseases in professionals, as established by the Joint International Program ILO/World Health Organization (WHO) for the world eradication of silicosis and for the early detection of pneumoconiosis
Summary
Despite the global importance of constant health promotion, workers suffer from serious health problems arising from extreme conditions. Asbestos poisoning caused by occupational, domestic, or environmental exposure to asbestos.[19]. Occupational exposure is the greatest source of exposure to asbestos.[17] The primary diseases associated with asbestos exposure are mesotheliomas, lung cancer, and asbestosis.[9]. Major depressive disorder is one of the diseases with the greatest negative impact on work productivity as well as the general state of mind.[11] Participants with chronic physical diseases tend to have greater number and intensity of mood disorders. Prevention of skin-related diseases is one of the most investigated topics because it implies a serious public health concern.[15,20,23,24,26] occupational rhinitis has been reported in the literature.[1]
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