Cover Image

Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan

Introduction: Noise is one of the environmental and occupational hazards listed in the Factory and Machinery Act 1967. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the consequences of being exposed to the loud noise at the workplace. Objective: This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude an...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aziah, Daud
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan 2012
Subjects:
R Medicine (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/55323/1/DR%20AZIAH%20DAUD%20-%20E.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/55323/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.usm.eprints.55323
record_format eprints
spelling my.usm.eprints.55323 http://eprints.usm.my/55323/ Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan Aziah, Daud R Medicine (General) Introduction: Noise is one of the environmental and occupational hazards listed in the Factory and Machinery Act 1967. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the consequences of being exposed to the loud noise at the workplace. Objective: This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards NIHL of quarry workers. Design: A cross sectional study was conducted at 6 quarries in a north-eastern state of Malaysia, with 97 consented respondents who answered a validated version of questionnaire and underwent pure tone audiogram. The respondents were male, aged between 18 to 50-years-old. working in the quarry area for at least 6-month duration and has no family history of ear diseases. Results: The means of percentage score of KAP were 44.3 (10.68), 69.7 (10 .31) and 27.8 (16.05)% respectively and the prevalence of NIHL found to be 56.7% (95% Cl: 46.84, 66.56). There was a significant difference in practice score between workers who had NIHL and non-NIHL (p=0.010). Conclusion: The KAP scores were found to be low in this study and the poor practice was found to have significant difference between the NIHL and non-NIHL, this may lead to the higher prevalence of NIHL in the future without any intervention or awareness program. Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan 2012 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/55323/1/DR%20AZIAH%20DAUD%20-%20E.pdf Aziah, Daud (2012) Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan. Other. Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan. (Submitted)
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
building Hamzah Sendut Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Sains Malaysia
content_source USM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.usm.my/
language English
topic R Medicine (General)
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
Aziah, Daud
Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan
description Introduction: Noise is one of the environmental and occupational hazards listed in the Factory and Machinery Act 1967. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the consequences of being exposed to the loud noise at the workplace. Objective: This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards NIHL of quarry workers. Design: A cross sectional study was conducted at 6 quarries in a north-eastern state of Malaysia, with 97 consented respondents who answered a validated version of questionnaire and underwent pure tone audiogram. The respondents were male, aged between 18 to 50-years-old. working in the quarry area for at least 6-month duration and has no family history of ear diseases. Results: The means of percentage score of KAP were 44.3 (10.68), 69.7 (10 .31) and 27.8 (16.05)% respectively and the prevalence of NIHL found to be 56.7% (95% Cl: 46.84, 66.56). There was a significant difference in practice score between workers who had NIHL and non-NIHL (p=0.010). Conclusion: The KAP scores were found to be low in this study and the poor practice was found to have significant difference between the NIHL and non-NIHL, this may lead to the higher prevalence of NIHL in the future without any intervention or awareness program.
format Monograph
author Aziah, Daud
author_facet Aziah, Daud
author_sort Aziah, Daud
title Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan
title_short Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan
title_full Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan
title_fullStr Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed Noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in Kelantan
title_sort noise induced hearing loss among quarry workers in kelantan
publisher Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.usm.my/55323/1/DR%20AZIAH%20DAUD%20-%20E.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/55323/
_version_ 1748181584379379712
score 13.211869

Similar Items