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Health-related quality-of-life of coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, India: a cross-sectional study.
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- Health-related quality of life in a general population sample in Kazakhstan and its sociodemographic and occupational determinants.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
- Relationship between health-related quality of life and respiratory health status among coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, India.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2018Article
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- Respiratory health status and its predictors: a cross-sectional study among coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, India.BMJ open · 2015Article
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- Health-related quality-of-life of coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora, India: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesDuring the last decade, coal-based sponge iron plants, a highly polluted industry, have grown rapidly in Barjora, India. Understanding their workers' perception of health is essential in people-centered healthcare. The aim of the study was to assess their health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL), and to determine factors that independently predict their HRQoL.
designCross-sectional study.
settingCoal-based sponge iron plants in Barjora, India.
participants258 coal-based sponge iron plant workers. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: HRQoL was measured using the EuroQol-5D-5L.
resultsThe response rate was 100%. Participants with problems in mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression were 23.3%, 5.1%, 10.9%, 39.5% and 45.5%, respectively. 36.8% of participants reported health state 11111 (no problem in any EQ-5D dimension). The mean visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) was 69.8 (18.5 SD). The odds of mobility problems decreased with age (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.91 to 0.99, p=0.016), were lower in participants with presence/history of any respiratory disease (0.27, 0.13 to 0.55, p<0.001), scheduled caste/scheduled tribe/other backward class workers (0.44, 0.22 to 0.89, p=0.021), manual workers (0.40, 0.16 to 0.99, p=0.047) and non-smokers (2.63, 1.27 to 5.46, p=0.009). The odds of pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression were lower in participants with any respiratory disease (0.44, 0.24 to 0.79, p=0.006; and 0.52, 0.29 to 0.92, p=0.026, respectively). The EQ-VAS was worse in manual participants (coefficient -6.91, 95% CI -12.40 to -1.41, p=0.014), with any respiratory disease (-8.13, -13.12 to -3.13, p=0.002), alcohol drinkers (-4.81, -9.47 to -0.15, p=0.043), literates (7.70, 0.97 to 14.43, p=0.025) and Hindus (13.41, 2.62 to 24.20, p=0.015).
conclusionsMany coal-based sponge iron plant workers in Barjora have problems in their HRQoL, and the predictors of different aspects of HRQoL were identified. The study findings could be taken into consideration in future interventional studies aimed at improving the HRQoL of these workers.
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