Hearing impairment among Korean farmers, based on a 3-year audiometry examination

Lee, Kyungsuk

doi:10.26444/aaem/102292

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“…Lee et al [61] -The prevalence of hearing loss in farm workers is 19.6% higher than in the general population, and this hearing loss was observed in both female and male farm workers. -This study can be a step toward protecting the hearing health of farm workers.…”

Section: Auditory and Respiratory Disordersmentioning

confidence: 96%

Insights into Women’s Occupational Health and Safety: A Decade in Review of Primary Data Studies

Bolghanabadi,

Haghighi,

Jahangiri

2024

Safety

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Women play integral roles across various sectors, including mining. Moreover, they often form a majority in certain sectors, such as healthcare and education. Biological (sex) and social (gender) differences can influence how hazards are assessed and controlled for women at work. Therefore, because of the importance of women’s occupational health and safety (OHS), this study reviews and analyzes OHS-related research studies to explore (i) the attention given to women’s OHS; (ii) the specific occupations studied; and (iii) the primary OHS issues and challenges faced by women. Following PRISMA guidelines, the study examined articles from 2010–2021, selecting 62 that utilized primary data, with all or part of their participants being female. The results indicate that the included studies examined women’s OHS in specific occupations. These include healthcare workers, farm and forestry workers, office staff, teachers, firefighters, police officers, nail technicians, workers in the clothing industry, and general industrial workers. The trend of publishing articles on women’s OHS has been growing, with most studies focusing on healthcare and agriculture. The USA and South Korea are leading in publications in the field of women’s OHS, while the USA, Australia, and the Netherlands have the highest collaboration rates. Key findings reveal that the most common OHS issues faced by women in various occupations include stress, fatigue, musculoskeletal disorders and pain, sleep disorders, long working hours, depression and anxiety, workplace violence, and allergies and skin problems. Many of these issues are related to mental health. Specific issues based on the nature of the work vary; for example, teachers experience voice disorders, while farmers face digestive problems. This study contributes theoretically by enhancing understanding of women’s OHS, serving as a foundation for further research, and providing practical guidance for employers and policymakers seeking to implement effective strategies for guaranteeing women’s OHS across sectors.

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Section: Auditory and Respiratory Disordersmentioning

confidence: 96%

Insights into Women’s Occupational Health and Safety: A Decade in Review of Primary Data Studies

Bolghanabadi,

Haghighi,

Jahangiri

2024

Safety

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“…A high prevalence of NIHL, as indicated by Ref. [63], is not the result of presbycusis, and this highlights the need to begin to prevent hearing loss among farmers at a young age. Another study [64] showed that for 25 adolescents from rural areas, 44% of the mean daily noise exposures were higher than the NIOSH recommended exposure levels (REL) of 85 dB(A), while 18% of the 71 daily noise exposure measurements exceeded 90 dB(A).…”

Section: Exposures By Groups and Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Noise Exposure, Prevention, and Control in Agriculture and Forestry: A Scoping Review

Cecchini,

Assettati,

Rossi

et al. 2024

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Noise is a major physical hazard in agricultural activities, and numerous research activities have managed to detect its effects, resulting in surveys and measurements which help to define exposure limits, prevention methods, and control strategies. This review aims to collect and analyse the data from research studies and to provide a comprehensive overview on the subject. Thus, a set of 81 papers, gathered from the Scopus and PubMed scientific databases, has been analysed to provide information regarding the evolution of noise exposure levels over time, to highlight findings on noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and to list strategies for noise prevention and control in agriculture. Bibliographic research showed that noise measurements between 1991 and 2022, included in scientific research on farming, forestry, and animal husbandry, mainly reported values beyond the threshold of 85 dB(A); furthermore, several research activities on NIHL showed that farmers’ family members and children are often exposed to high levels of noise. Lastly, an analysis of the prevention and control strategies over time is provided, focusing on prevention programmes, screening, and the use of hearing protection devices (HPD). The identified literature suggests that additional efforts are required in regards to machinery design relating to the socio-technical aspects of agricultural activities and that side-effects of NIHL, as well as the negative impact of noise on other risks, might deserve further investigation.

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“… 5 – 8 The highest reported prevalence was found in Eastern North Carolina, USA, 5 followed by Northeast Italy, 6 and North Carolina, USA. 7 , 8 Additionally, prevalence of hearing loss from noise was reported at levels of 16.9-36.1%, 9 , 10 which were 16.9% 9 in Korea and 36.1% 10 in the USA, while work-related injuries were reported at a prevalence of 69.0% in Nepal. 11 Infectious disease was reported in ranges between 0.7-13.5%, 12 – 14 where brucellosis cases in Greek farmers and livestock breeders corresponded to an annual incidence rate of 7.1 per 100,000 population, 15 which were 8.9% in the Western Cape of South Africa.…”

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confidence: 99%

Situations of work-related diseases and injuries among agriculturists in the upper northeast regions of Thailand

2023

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Background: Agriculturists exposed to health hazards are affected by increased occupational disease. This retrospective study aimed to investigate situations of work-related diseases and injuries among agriculturists in upper northeast Thailand. Methods: The secondary data of international classification of diseases 10 th revision (ICD-10) case reports of occupational disease among farmers, from the database of the Health Data Center (HDC), were used. The registered farmers data was collected as a dataset from the provincial agricultural office and the data of ICD-10 code utilised from the hospital information system (HIS) of healthcare services in Udon Thani and Roi-Et provinces, which was extracted for cases of work-related diseases and injuries of registered agriculturists. The annual morbidity rate of occupational diseases was analysed and presented at a rate per 100,000 farmers. Results: Among farmers in the HDC database, lung disease, which was not reported as occupational disease of the HDC database, was the highest ranking of all diseases, followed by work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), noise- and heat-related diseases, and pesticide toxicity, respectively, while the injury rate was as high as that of WMSDs. Those morbidity rates of Roi-Et and Udon Thani provinces were representative of the morbidity ranking of diseases of the nation and had increasing trends from 2014 to 2016. The number of farmers in the HDC database did not consistently reflect the number of registered farmers in the agricultural database. Conclusions: Situations of work-related diseases and injuries discovered among registered farmers reflect the health problems of Thai agriculturists, and the underestimation in the reported disease rate in the health database is explained by big data analysis, which showed that work-related cases with an identifying code of Y96 had rarely been reported among agriculturists. Therefore, Thai agriculturists should be supported in registration with occupational diseases and injuries surveillance as holistic healthcare

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Hearing impairment among Korean farmers, based on a 3-year audiometry examination

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Insights into Women’s Occupational Health and Safety: A Decade in Review of Primary Data Studies

Insights into Women’s Occupational Health and Safety: A Decade in Review of Primary Data Studies

Noise Exposure, Prevention, and Control in Agriculture and Forestry: A Scoping Review

Situations of work-related diseases and injuries among agriculturists in the upper northeast regions of Thailand

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