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Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia

Background: World Health Organization estimated hearing loss to reach top ten causes of burden of disease by 2030. Employers still prefer to choose hearing protection devices (HPDs) for prevention. Predictors for HPDs use were therefore crucial but only a few look into the effect of shift work. This...

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Autori principali: Sam, Wei Yeng, Abdul Rahman, Anita, Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati, Abdullah, Haslinda, Lim, Chee Siang
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Pubblicazione: Community Health Society Malaysia 2016
Accesso online:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53812/1/Shift%20work%20as%20a%20predictor%20of%20hearing%20protection%20devices%20use%20among%20manufacturing%20workers%20in%20Selangor.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:53812 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53812/ Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia Sam, Wei Yeng Abdul Rahman, Anita Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati Abdullah, Haslinda Lim, Chee Siang Background: World Health Organization estimated hearing loss to reach top ten causes of burden of disease by 2030. Employers still prefer to choose hearing protection devices (HPDs) for prevention. Predictors for HPDs use were therefore crucial but only a few look into the effect of shift work. This study aimed to determine whether shift work is a predictor for HPDs use. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 180 randomly selected participants from nine manufacturing companies in small medium enterprise who fulfilled inclusive criteria and information were gathered by self-administered questionnaires. Result: Mean HPDs use was 38.13 ±31.84% and mean HPDs use during high noise exposure was 39.19 ±30.99%. Shift workers had statistically significant higher HPDs use (50.34 ±31.32%) than non-shift workers (33.93 ±31.04%), t (178) =3.086, p=.002. There was significant difference between HPDs use and sleep problem. There were weak but negative association between shift work and HPDs use during high noise exposure [χ (3) =12.257, p=.007]. Association between shift work and sleep problem was significant [χ (2) =7.21, p=.027] but weak, it was negatively associated. Conclusion: Continuous rotation of shift work might lead to circadian rhythm alteration and affect sleep quality. Noise might worsen the situation hence further investigation is needed to examine if improper use of HPDs was related with sleep problems. Shift workers reported higher HPDs use and it might be due to less need of removing and putting on HPDs. Shift work may be a predictor for HPDs use among manufacturing workers. Community Health Society Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53812/1/Shift%20work%20as%20a%20predictor%20of%20hearing%20protection%20devices%20use%20among%20manufacturing%20workers%20in%20Selangor.pdf Sam, Wei Yeng and Abdul Rahman, Anita and Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati and Abdullah, Haslinda and Lim, Chee Siang (2016) Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health and Clinical Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 67-76. ISSN 2289-7577 http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/274
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description Background: World Health Organization estimated hearing loss to reach top ten causes of burden of disease by 2030. Employers still prefer to choose hearing protection devices (HPDs) for prevention. Predictors for HPDs use were therefore crucial but only a few look into the effect of shift work. This study aimed to determine whether shift work is a predictor for HPDs use. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 180 randomly selected participants from nine manufacturing companies in small medium enterprise who fulfilled inclusive criteria and information were gathered by self-administered questionnaires. Result: Mean HPDs use was 38.13 ±31.84% and mean HPDs use during high noise exposure was 39.19 ±30.99%. Shift workers had statistically significant higher HPDs use (50.34 ±31.32%) than non-shift workers (33.93 ±31.04%), t (178) =3.086, p=.002. There was significant difference between HPDs use and sleep problem. There were weak but negative association between shift work and HPDs use during high noise exposure [χ (3) =12.257, p=.007]. Association between shift work and sleep problem was significant [χ (2) =7.21, p=.027] but weak, it was negatively associated. Conclusion: Continuous rotation of shift work might lead to circadian rhythm alteration and affect sleep quality. Noise might worsen the situation hence further investigation is needed to examine if improper use of HPDs was related with sleep problems. Shift workers reported higher HPDs use and it might be due to less need of removing and putting on HPDs. Shift work may be a predictor for HPDs use among manufacturing workers.
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author Sam, Wei Yeng
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati
Abdullah, Haslinda
Lim, Chee Siang
spellingShingle Sam, Wei Yeng
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati
Abdullah, Haslinda
Lim, Chee Siang
Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia
author_facet Sam, Wei Yeng
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati
Abdullah, Haslinda
Lim, Chee Siang
author_sort Sam, Wei Yeng
title Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia
title_short Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in Selangor, Malaysia
title_sort shift work as a predictor of hearing protection devices use among manufacturing workers in selangor, malaysia
publisher Community Health Society Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53812/1/Shift%20work%20as%20a%20predictor%20of%20hearing%20protection%20devices%20use%20among%20manufacturing%20workers%20in%20Selangor.pdf
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