Assessment of Respiratory Parameters among Wood factories Workers, Palestine

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Belal Rahhal
dc.contributor.authorAmal Ilayan
dc.contributor.authorAroub S. R. Lahham
dc.contributor.authorHeba M. A. Naesa
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-10T08:36:19Z
dc.date.available2020-08-10T08:36:19Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-30
dc.description.abstractWorkers in wood factories could deteriorate respiratory functions. This study aimed to determine the influences of working in wood factories on chosen respiratory parameters in Palestine. A case-control study consisted of 71 wood workers "cases" compared to the predicted values for the same spirometry. Forced spirometry was used to measure the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC). These values, in addition to the FEV1/FVC ratios and prevalence of restrictive lung disease of the two groups were compared. The results show that there is a significant decrease in the FEV1 (p-value=0.001) and FVC (p-value=0.001) values in wood workers in comparison to the predicted values for the same spirometry. While the FEV1/FVC ratio is considerably increased (p-value=0.001). The prevalence of restrictive lung pattern was 69% among wood workers. We conclude that working in wood factories could result in considerable negative changes in the spirometrical readings, and increasing prevalence of restrictive lung disease.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11888/15197
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCarpentry; FEV1; FVC; Lung Diseases; Wood Workers.en_US
dc.titleAssessment of Respiratory Parameters among Wood factories Workers, Palestineen_US
dc.typeGraduation Projecten_US
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