PREVALENCE OF IMPAIRMENT IN PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST IN SUGAR DISTILLERY INDUSTRY WORKERS IN KARAD TALUKA

PRAJAKTA MAHADEO PAWAR; SANDEEP BABASAHEB SHINDE

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i2.30093

Authors

PRAJAKTA MAHADEO PAWAR Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, KIMS “Deemed To Be University” Karad, Maharashtra, India.
SANDEEP BABASAHEB SHINDE Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, KIMS “Deemed to Be University” Karad, Maharashtra, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i2.30093

Keywords:

Pulmonary function test, Pulmonary impairments, 6 min walk test, Sugar industry workers

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to find the prevalence of impairments in pulmonary function test (PFT) in sugar distillery industry workers in Karad taluka.

Methods: A total of 88 sugar distillery industry workers, both male and female with 5 years of the duration of exposure to sugar distillery industry in Karad taluka, were selected as per the inclusion criteria in this study. They were aged between 40 and 60 years. The outcome measures were PFT and 6 min walk test. Based on the outcome measures and conclusion were made.

Results: The study showed that among the 88 workers, 34 workers had normal pulmonary function, 25 of them had mild obstructive type of pulmonary impairments, 26 workers had mild restrictive type of pulmonary impairments, and remaining three workers had mixed type of lung disease for PFT.

Conclusion: The total 61.36% of workers were suffering from various impairments in PFT. The study concluded that statistically significant impairments in PFT are existed among workers of sugar distillery industry from Karad taluka.

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