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Evaluation of lung function in relation to employment years among workers exposed to cement dust in Qena cement factory

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Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

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Community Medicine.
Respiratory Medicine.

Abstract

Background: Dust is generated by nearly all manufacturing steps within a Portland cement facility. Exposure to dust has the potential to impact respiratory function.
Objectives: The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of the duration of exposure to cement dust on the pulmonary function of individuals employed in cement factories in Qena city, furthermore to assess the prevalence and distribution of respiratory impairment resulting from dust inhalation.
Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study, carried out on 100 cement industry workers in Qena who exposed to cement dust. They divided into 2 groups according to employment years in the factory (≤10 years and more than 10 years). Lung function tests including; [FEV1, FVC and FEV1/FVC] were measured.
Results: A significant reduction in the mean values of all the lung parameters among the workers employed more than 10 years compared with those employed ≤10 years. with p value (0.002, 0.014 and 0.000 considerably), there was a considerable variance between the 2 groups regarding all the spirometric pattern including [normal, obstructive and restrictive pattern] with p value (0.000 respectively). There is strong negative correlation between number of working years and FCV and FEV1.
Conclusion: The lung function of individuals employed in cement factories had shown to be declined, accompanied by atypical spirometric patterns in relation to prolonged exposure to cement dust.

DOI

10.21608/svuijm.2023.233428.1677

Keywords

Cement dust, Working years, Spirometric parameters

Authors

First Name

Eslam Abdelfattah

Last Name

Sadek

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Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,South Valley University, Qena, Egypt

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doctorateeslam@gmail.com

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Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud

Last Name

Hany

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Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

communitymedicine@med.svu.edu.eg

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First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Rashad

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Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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alaasma27@yahoo.com

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0000000327278187

Volume

6

Article Issue

2

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40200

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-09-01

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2023-07-01

Page Start

729

Page End

735

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2735-427X

Online ISSN

2636-3402

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1,520

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SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences

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https://svuijm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation of lung function in relation to employment years among workers exposed to cement dust in Qena cement factory

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27 Dec 2024