Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398
Introduction: Spirometry is used as a screening method for occupational lung diseases. Dental laboratory workers are exposed to solvent vapors, toxic gases, and dust from metal alloys, acrylics, and gypsum. This study aimed to investigate the spirometric function of lung function in dental staff in...
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| description | Introduction: Spirometry is used as a screening method for occupational lung diseases. Dental laboratory workers are exposed to solvent vapors, toxic gases, and dust from metal alloys, acrylics, and gypsum. This study aimed to investigate the spirometric function of lung function in dental staff in Yazd.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 37 technicians of dental laboratories in Yazd in the three months of spring 2017. To evaluate respiratory problems and their pulmonary function, standard respiratory and spirometry questionnaires according to ATS / ESR guidelines were used, respectively. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 18 using Mann-Whitney U, Chi-square, and Studentchr('39')s T-test.
Results: Mean age of participants was 35.59±1.13. 54% of participants had no respiratory symptoms. The most common respiratory complain were dry and exudative cough. The work field was the only influential factor in FVC%. Age and work experience, and exercise no significant effect on respiratory parameters. Overall spirometry parameters were in the normal pattern range, and only 5% of participants showed a mild restrictive pattern.
Conclusion: Spirometric pulmonary function of Yazdchr('39')dental laboratory technicians was in the normal range, and possibly working in the dental laboratory did not have a significant effect on the pulmonary Function of technicians based on spirometric indices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-095df8aecf8847339457155f9ebc7fa82022-12-21T22:33:32ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Scienceطب کار2251-71892251-82742020-12-011234452Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398Mahnaz Hatami01Amir Kouchakzadeh2 Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Industrial Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Dentist, Yazd, Iran Introduction: Spirometry is used as a screening method for occupational lung diseases. Dental laboratory workers are exposed to solvent vapors, toxic gases, and dust from metal alloys, acrylics, and gypsum. This study aimed to investigate the spirometric function of lung function in dental staff in Yazd. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 37 technicians of dental laboratories in Yazd in the three months of spring 2017. To evaluate respiratory problems and their pulmonary function, standard respiratory and spirometry questionnaires according to ATS / ESR guidelines were used, respectively. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 18 using Mann-Whitney U, Chi-square, and Studentchr('39')s T-test. Results: Mean age of participants was 35.59±1.13. 54% of participants had no respiratory symptoms. The most common respiratory complain were dry and exudative cough. The work field was the only influential factor in FVC%. Age and work experience, and exercise no significant effect on respiratory parameters. Overall spirometry parameters were in the normal pattern range, and only 5% of participants showed a mild restrictive pattern. Conclusion: Spirometric pulmonary function of Yazdchr('39')dental laboratory technicians was in the normal range, and possibly working in the dental laboratory did not have a significant effect on the pulmonary Function of technicians based on spirometric indices.http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-1053-en.htmlspirometrypulmonary functiondental laboratories |
| spellingShingle | Mahnaz Hatami Amir Kouchakzadeh Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398 طب کار spirometry pulmonary function dental laboratories |
| title | Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398 |
| title_full | Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398 |
| title_fullStr | Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398 |
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| title_short | Spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in Yazd’s dental laboratory workers in 1398 |
| title_sort | spirometric evaluation of pulmonary function in yazd s dental laboratory workers in 1398 |
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