Population Of Industrial Workers Research Articles

Cardiovascular risk behavior among industrial workers in the Northeast of Brazil: a cluster analysis.

This research aimed to investigate the occurrence of clusters of cardiovascular risk behaviors and their association with social demographic and occupational characteristics in a population of industrial workers in the metropolitan area of Recife, Brazil. It was a transversal study with 727 workers of both genders. We identified cluster distribution from the variables: smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and waist circumference, by a combination of hierarchical and non-hierarchical analysis. We later tested the association with the social demographic and occupational variables with a multi-varied analysis. We have identified a protection cluster (sufficient physical activity, moderate alcohol consumption) and a risk cluster (high waist circumference, sedentarism, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption). The protection cluster was positively associated with night shift or variable shift work (RP: 1.66, IC95%: 1.26-2.17), and the risk cluster was associated with women (RP: 1.15, IC95%: 1.01-1.31). Cluster analysis allowed to identify that, for day shift workers and women, the shortest daytime outside the work environment can influence the adoption of cardiovascular risk behaviors.

Prevalence of refractive errors and color vision deficiency in a population of industry-workers in Abhar, Iran.

Visual impairment due to refractive errors and color vision deficiency (CVD) can affect the visual abilities of workers in workplace. Identifying the prevalence of common visual problems helps us to prevent and treat occupational ocular problems.This study was conducted on 2600 males referring from companies for a routine medical exam to Occupational Medicine Center. In all subjects, visual acuity and refraction were measured. Assessment of color vision was performed by Ishihara color test. In present study, right eyes of subjects were selected to statistical analysis.The mean spherical equivalent was –0.19 ± 1.39 diopter with a range of –11.00 to +10.00 diopter. Whereas 71% of persons were emmetropic, 20% and 9% of them were myopic and hypermetropic, respectively. From a total subjects, 164 of them had CVD with prevalence of color blindness of 6.3%. In comparison with normal subjects, CVD had no significant effect on refractive findings of our subjects (P > .05).Our data present the prevalence of refractive errors and color blindness among Iranian industry-workers. Compared with other studies, our subjects have a lower prevalence of refractive errors, and similar rate of prevalence of color blindness.

On Planning Your Career [Career Consultation

Over the 50-plus years of my career, at least to this point, I have noted a large population of industry workers, engineers, technicians, administrative, and manufacturing personnel who did not enjoy the work in which they were involved.

Prevalência de fatores de risco cardiovascular em trabalhadores de uma indústria brasileira

Determining the cardiovascular risk factors is essential for the primary and secondary prevention of circulatory system diseases.To obtain the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a population of industry workers in Brazil.Transversal cohort study, with a sociodemographic interview to identify cardiovascular risk factors, anthropometric and blood pressure measurements and capillary blood collection for blood glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride measurement in food industry workers of both sexes.A total of 1,047 workers were assessed, with 913 (87%) of them being males, with a mean age of 36 +/- 8 years. The frequency of a sedentary lifestyle was 83% and of overweight, 63%. Systemic arterial hypertension was identified in 28% of the individuals and 45% were in the pre-hypertension range. Alterations in the blood glucose levels were identified in 49% of the participants, as well as high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in 7% and 11% of the population, respectively. The body mass index (BMI) levels were not associated to income, but there was an inverse association with the level of schooling.Overweight and a sedentary lifestyle are the main cardiovascular risk factors in a population of industry workers.

Isometric Lifting Strength As a Predictor of Industrial Back Pain Reports

The objective of our investigation was to study isometric lifting strength in a population of industrial workers who perform a great variety of manual tasks, and to determine whether isometric strength is predictive of future back problems in such a population. Of 3,020 study subjects, 2,178 (72%) underwent strength testing in three standard lifting positions. During a 4-year follow-up period, 172 subjects tested reported back problems. When examining each isometric lift separately as a predictor of industrial back pain reports, those with greater isometric strength were at significantly greater risk than were weaker workers. However, after controlling for the effects of age, only a slight trend remained. For the blue collar workers in this study, isometric lifting strength testing was ineffective in identifying individuals at risk for industrial back problems.

Intravenous glucose tolerance test in an industrial population. Controls, subjects with coronary heart disease and relatives of diabetics.

Intravenous glucose tolerance was measured in a population of industrial workers who were participating in a prospective study to assess the importance of various factors contributing to the development of coronary heart disease. No significant differences in intravenous glucose tolerance could be detected between groups of control subjects, subjects with a close diabetic relative, or subjects with coronary heart disease.