Development and validation of the quality of life scale for Chinese coal miners with pneumoconiosis (QOL-CMP): Measurement method and empirical study

Huang, Xinru; Chen, Hong; Long, Ruyin; Li, Shanshan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.398

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“…The shockwaves generated by earlier explosions will raise secondary dust in the roadway, resulting in explosion propagation, which poses a great threat to miners and the mine. In addition, dust particles, containing harmful elements (e.g., silica), with an average diameter of less than 2.5 μm can directly enter the alveoli in the human body and combine with toxic host cells (especially macrophages) to cause permanent damage, leading to pneumoconiosis and other diseases. − Moreover, dust can also accelerate the mechanical wear of equipment and reduce the visibility of the working face, thereby increasing the risk of safety hazards. − In the past, much concerns have been concentrated on the prevention of sudden accidents rather than on the harmful influence of coal dust on the human body. , In recent years, social and technological progress has led to enhanced health awareness and an ever-increasing emphasis on dust reduction in coal mines. The Chinese government issued the Technical Specifications of Comprehensive Dust Control Measures for Underground Coal Mines, which requires coal mines to adopt strict dust reduction measures.…”

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Characteristics of Dust in Coal Mines in Central North China and Its Research Significance

Ding

Zhuang

2020

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The identification of the dust characteristics in coal mine working faces is essential for preventing coal dust explosion and occupational diseases. In this paper, dust samples from the coal mines in southern Shanxi province and Henan province, central North China, were selected as the research objects. The results show that the dust contains primarily organic matter, as well as considerable amounts of minerals. The chemical composition of dust at the working faces is the most complex. According to the proportion of PM10, the dust composition can be divided into three types: symmetrical, fine-dominated, and coarse-dominated. The wettability of dust increases with the increase of the oxygen–carbon ratio on its surface, increase of ash content, decrease of fixed carbon content, and decrease of particle size. In addition, the great variety of harmful elements in dust, some with a high content, can harm the human body. An explosion index is proposed to evaluate the likeliness tendency of coal dust explosion based on several key affecting factors. The surfactant (0.05% AN solution) adopted in this paper can significantly increase the wettability of coal dust and inhibit the generation of dust greatly, showing good ability in preventing coal dust explosion and occupational diseases.

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Characteristics of Dust in Coal Mines in Central North China and Its Research Significance

Ding

Zhuang

2020

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“…Specifically, the invisible latent variables obtained by observing the Likert scores of each item in the screened scale with five domains, namely, OHLS, OHV, OHPN, OHEI, OHPE. In order to verify the rationality and accuracy of this five-factor model, we designed six hypothetical competing models to compare with our ideal model ( 58 ), as shown in Figure 3 . The results showed that the fit of the five-factor model is much better than the other models, as shown in the Table 2 .…”

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Development of occupational health culture scale: A study based on miners and construction workers

Yang

Zhao

Wang

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Front. Public Health

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Culture is an essential influence on effectiveness of workplace health promotion, which can promote occupational health protection behavior. The aim of this research was to develop and validate an occupational health culture scale available to Chinese workers. Occupational health culture scale (OHCS) was developed based on elements of health culture and safety culture in workplace. Nine techniques steps of scale development were used, including a 15-member expert group, 10 workers for cognitive interview, and 1,119 questionnaires (from 710 miners and 409 construction workers) for formal investigation. Welch's variance analysis, independent samples t-test, Kruskal–Wallis test, Spearman correlation analysis was employed, respectively, to verified nine hypotheses about impact relationship on OHCS score. After the analysis reliability and validity, the final scale consisted of 21 items in five domains: leadership support, co-workers support, values, policy and norms, employee involvement, physical environment. Moreover, respirable dust concentration from individual sampler had the largest negative correlation coefficient on OHCS score, −0.469 (p < 0.01). The development of an occupational health culture among Chinese workers is necessary for the sustainability of human resources and the implementation of corporate responsibility.

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“…At present, pneumoconiosis is still considered an incurable and irreversible disease, and the quality of life among patients with pneumoconiosis is low [ 56 , 57 ]. As the treatment goal for pneumoconiosis is to alleviate symptoms or prevent deterioration, we propose that the current guidelines should include PR as a routine treatment for pneumoconiosis.…”

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Can Improve the Functional Capacity and Quality of Life for Pneumoconiosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Zhao

Xie

Wang³

et al. 2020

BioMed Research International

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This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for pneumoconiosis. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, SinoMed, CNKI, VIP databases and Wanfang Data from their inception to June 1, 2019. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of PR for pneumoconiosis was conducted and reported in compliance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed bias risk. All statistical analyses were performed using the RevMan software. Sixteen RCTs with 1307 subjects were ultimately included for analysis. Compared with routine treatment, PR was able to improve the 6-minute walking distance (mean difference (MD) 69.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 61.95–76.25); the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey total score (MD 17.60, 95% CI 13.59–21.61); physical function score (MD 15.45, 95% CI 3.20–27.69); role physical score (MD 17.87, 95% CI 12.06–23.69); body pain score (MD 14.34, 95% CI 10.33–18.36); general health score (MD 20.86, 95% CI 16.87–24.84); vitality score (MD 11.66, 95% CI 0.18–23.13); social function score (MD 9.67, 95% CI 1.27–18.08); mental health score (MD 20.60, 95% CI 13.61–27.59); forced vital capacity (FVC) (MD 0.20, 95% CI 0.12–0.29); forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) (MD 0.23, 95% CI 0.09–0.38); FEV1% (MD 5.19, 95% CI 1.48–8.90); maximal voluntary ventilation (MD 4.47, 95% CI 1.14–7.81); reduction in the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score (MD -9.60, 95% CI -16.40 to -2.80); and the modified Medical Research Council Scale score. Furthermore, PR did not increase the FEV1/FVC (MD 3.61, 95% CI -3.43 to 10.65), nor the emotional score (MD 6.18, 95% CI -23.01 to 35.38) compared with the control. We found no reports of adverse events associated with PR. Thus, to some extent, PR can improve functional capacity and quality of life in patients with pneumoconiosis. However, these results should be interpreted with caution because of high heterogeneity. This trial is registered with registration number CRD42018095266.

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Development and validation of the quality of life scale for Chinese coal miners with pneumoconiosis (QOL-CMP): Measurement method and empirical study

Cited by 18 publications

References 34 publications

Characteristics of Dust in Coal Mines in Central North China and Its Research Significance

Characteristics of Dust in Coal Mines in Central North China and Its Research Significance

Development of occupational health culture scale: A study based on miners and construction workers

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Can Improve the Functional Capacity and Quality of Life for Pneumoconiosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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