Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Respiratory Problems among Petrol Pump Workers

Abstract

Introduction: Occupational health is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical,mental and social well-being of employees in all professions through the avoidance of health departures, themanagement of risks and the adaptation of work to people and their jobs. As the petrol pump workers workconstantly for more than 8 hours per day for 6 days a week and thus being constantly exposed to petrol/dieselfumes, are at a high risk of developing respiratory problems.Objectives:1)To assess the knowledge of petrol pump workers regarding respiratoryproblems. 2) To assessthe attitude towards respiratory problems among petrol pumpworkers. 3)To find out the association betweenknowledge score with selected demographic variables 4)To find out the association between attitude towardsrespiratory problems with selected demographicvariables.Hypothesis:H1-there will be a significant association between petrol pump workers and selected demographicvariables. H2- there will be no significant association between knowledge of respiratory problems andselected demographicvariables.Methods and Materials:A descriptive study was conducted in Wardha district to assess the knowledgeof petrol pump workers regarding respiratoryproblems. Total 100 petrol pump workers were selected byprobability simple random sampling technique.Modified structured questionnaire and Likert scale was usedto assess knowledge and attitude of petrol pump workers respectively.Descriptive statistics like frequenciesand percentages were used for representing the analyzed data.Result:Findings shows that 3% of the petrol pump workers were having poor level of knowledge score, 13%had average, 49% had good and 35% of them had excellent level of knowledge score.87% of petrol pumpworkers had positive attitude. There was positive correlation was established between knowledge score andattitude score of petrol pump workers(r=0.283, p=0.0001)Conclusion:Findings suggest that petrol pump workers were aware about the respiratory problems due tooccupational hazards and somewhat their attitude was positive towards their health.