A Study to Evaluate Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function Impairment in Beedi Workers and Usefullness of Protective Mask in Reducing Respiratory Symptoms

Hegde, Mahesh V.; Ajith, S; Shetty, Kavitha

doi:10.16965/ijpr.2015.120

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“…20 High burden of non-communicable diseases like hypertension (70%), diabetes (26.7%), asthma (20%) were also noted among them which could be attributed to cardiovascular and metabolic effect of nicotine. 20 Hegde et al, 21 Banu et al also found beedi workers had significantly poor outcome in spirometry in terms of FVC, FEV1, FEF25-75 compared to controls like the present study. 21,22 This result was supported by findings of Zhang et al, Ghosh et al and Abdel Rasoul et al [23][24][25] Most of the studies showed concomitant findings with present study however slight differences of prevalence of morbidities were noticed which might be a local variation.…”

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Comparative analysis of respiratory health profile among female beedi and non-beedi workers in a district of West Bengal

2021

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Background: Beedi workers are more prone to develop chronic respiratory diseases over time. Aims and Objectives: The present research aimed to investigate and compare the respiratory health profile and the factors associated among the beedi workers and non-beedi workers. Materials and Methods: An analytical, community based, cross sectional study was conducted among 60 female beedi and non-beedi workers. Multistage sampling was used to select three wards out of twenty wards under a municipality of the study district. After interview with a pre-designed structured questionnaire, the respondents were examined clinically and pulmonary function test was done using a portable spirometer. Results: All beedi workers were married and 23.3% were illiterate. Most of them had 1to 10 years exposure. Half of them initiated their work between 11 to 20 years. Rate of tobacco smoking, obesity, hypertension, asthma, diabetes was high among beedi workers. Forced Vital Capacity, Forced Expiratory Flow 25-75 and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate were significantly more among non-beedi workers. Forced Expiratory Volume in 1st second was more among non-beedi workers but FEV1/FVC ratio was same for both the group. Conclusion: Significantly better respiratory health profile of non-beedi workers have reflected beedi binding as a reason behind chronic respiratory disease. Therefore, awareness generation session regarding occupation based adverse effects and safety measures must be conducted at regular interval to make the working condition favorable.

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Comparative analysis of respiratory health profile among female beedi and non-beedi workers in a district of West Bengal

2021

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“…Overall, we found 95 studies (96 reports) assessing occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families 8–10 12 18–108. We found eight studies from the grey literature, while 87 studies were published.…”

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“…We found 87 studies assessing occupational health hazards in bidi workers 8–10 12 18–43 45 47–51 53–67 69 71–84 87–90 92–108. We synthesised evidence on domains based on the medical specialty, to enable presentation which could be well understood by clinicians and policymakers, as well as by the general public.…”

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“…We found 44 studies on respiratory diseases in bidi workers,8–10 12 18 19 21 25 26 32 34 36 40 49 50 56 59 60 62 63 65 66 69 71–73 75 77–82 84 90 97 98 100 102–107 reporting high prevalence of tuberculosis, asthma and chronic bronchitis. Out of these, 36 were cross-sectional studies,8–10 12 18 19 21 26 34 40 56 59 60 62 63 65 66 69 71–73 77–82 90 97 98 100 102–107 seven case–control studies25 32 36 50 75 84 107 and one quasi-experimental study 49. The prevalence of respiratory disorders reported in cross-sectional studies of bidi workers varied from 6.6% to 52.5% 19 21 40 59 60 62 65 73 77–79 81 100 103 104…”

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Occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families in India: a scoping review

Tyagi,

Beri,

Ingale

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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BackgroundBidi workers and their families are exposed to harmful substances during bidi rolling, thereby jeopardising their health. We aimed to assess existing evidence on health conditions of bidi workers and their families in India.MethodsWe searched nine databases and relevant websites, and conducted citation screening to identify primary studies assessing occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families. Two authors independently conducted screening and data extraction. We synthesised the findings narratively in a structured fashion.ResultsWe found 3842 studies, out of which 95 studies met our eligibility criteria. High prevalence of disease conditions across all organ systems of the body was reported in bidi workers. Studies on female bidi workers showed decreased fertility (n=2), increased frequency of miscarriages (n=1) and higher risk of cervical cancer (n=1). Pregnant bidi workers were at an increased risk of anaemia and pregnancy-induced hypertension (n=2), higher frequency of neonatal deaths (n=1), stillbirths (n=1) and premature births (n=1) in comparison with non-bidi workers. Babies born to bidi workers reported low birth weight (n=5). Evidence from cohort studies suggests causal nature of the exposure to the disease condition.ConclusionOur review shows that bidi rolling leads to numerous occupational health hazards in bidi workers and their family members. It is essential to provide alternative livelihoods, and safe and protective working environment, and cover bidi workers under various social security provisions to alleviate the deleterious effect of bidi making at home. It is also important to shift bidi making away from home and strengthen existing regulations and promulgation of new provisions, including India’s Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code 2020.

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“…They tried intervention by using surgical face masks which proved non beneficial to the tobacco workers in terms of lung functioning. 7 A study done by Zahid et al in 2008 for one year involving smoking and non-smoking tobacco workers in Rangpur, Bangladesh showed that tobacco workers had significantly lower percentage of predicted values of FVC, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC than control subjects. Also smoking tobacco workers had lower lung functioning as compared to nonsmoking tobacco workers.…”

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Impact of Beedi Rolling on Lung Functioning- A Cross Sectional Study

Mascarenhas¹,

Fernandes²,

Venugopal³

2019

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BACKGROUNDOccupational health hazard is reported as the tenth leading cause of morbidity and mortality across the globe by the World Health Organization, (WHO). The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest threats in public health worldwide, killing around 6 million people a year. Beedi rolling is one of the most rampant occupations among housewives in coastal Karnataka as a means of livelihood. Beedi rollers are constantly exposed to the unburnt dust of tobacco, which has become one of the major and commonly found occupational hazards that has been neglected. Occurrence of respiratory disorders such chronic obstructive lung disease, occupational asthma has been reported. However, no protective measures are being taken to prevent health hazards due to tobacco. This study was done to evaluate the lung function tests in asymptomatic beedi rollers for early diagnosis of tobacco related lung disorders. We also wanted to evaluate the pulmonary function of the beedi rollers and create awareness about possibility of respiratory ailments due exposure of tobacco dust. METHODSThis was a cross sectional comparative study. Controls were age and gender matched from the general population who were not exposed to any kind of tobacco smoke. The study included 66 beedi rollers in Mangalore. A community-based survey was done and lung function assessment using spirometry was done. Pulmonary function tests (PFT): Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) and the forced expiratory volume in one second as a percentage of FVC (FEV1/FVC), using spirometer were calculated. Based on FEV1/FVC ratio patterns of respiratory impairment whether restrictive/obstructive/mixed is determined. Results were tabulated and statistical analysis was done using SPSS software. Mean, standard deviation and paired ttest were done to determine the significant difference between beedi workers and control subjects, and p values were calculated. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTSAmong 66 subjects, 51 were females and 15 were males. 15 had mild obstructive pattern (22.7%), 1 had mild restrictive pattern (1.5%) and rest 50 subjects had normal lung functioning. CONCLUSIONSThere seems to be a linear involvement of lung functioning to duration of tobacco exposure, though the p value is statistically insignificant. Though people who were taken into study were asymptomatic at present, they will have higher risk of developing respiratory problems due to continuous tobacco exposure. Stringent labour rules should be enforced for safeguarding health of these people.

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A Study to Evaluate Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function Impairment in Beedi Workers and Usefullness of Protective Mask in Reducing Respiratory Symptoms

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Comparative analysis of respiratory health profile among female beedi and non-beedi workers in a district of West Bengal

Comparative analysis of respiratory health profile among female beedi and non-beedi workers in a district of West Bengal

Occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families in India: a scoping review

Impact of Beedi Rolling on Lung Functioning- A Cross Sectional Study

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