Health status of workers engaged in the small-scale garment industry: How healthy are they?

Saha, Tushar Kanti; Dasgupta, Aparajita; Butt, Arindam; Chattopadhyay, Onkarnath

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.62584

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“…Self---reported symptoms increased with age. As in this study, lower educational attainment has also been reported by others to be associated with higher rates of pain and dysfunction among garment workers (Kaergaard & Andersen, 2000;Saha, Dasgupta, Butt, & Chattopadhyay, 2010). However, the relationship did not persist after adjusting for other factors in our analysis and was excluded from the final model.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…al., 2001;Chan, Janowitz, Lashuay, Stern, Fong, & Harrison, 2002;Sarder, Imrhan, & Mandahawi, 2006;Chand, 2006;Joseph & Kiran, 2008;Saha, Dasgupta, Butt, & Chattopadhyay;. Estimates of musculoskeletal disease prevalence vary widely (12---80%), though the distribution of pain locations remains relatively consistent.…”

Section: Factory Workers In the Developing Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka

Lombardo

Silva

Lipscomb

et al. 2012

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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confidence: 58%

Section: Factory Workers In the Developing Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka

Lombardo

Silva

Lipscomb

et al. 2012

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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“…The other symptoms reported by the garment workers were had muscular weakness in different sites 10% (12), complaints of aches 68.1%, numbness 43%, stiffness 25.9% and weakness of the affected part 21.5% (21). Cardiovascular problems: Cardiovascular and hypertension were documented in five studies (3,4,7,15,21). A longitudinal study of morbidity and nutritional status of workers employed in a garment factory conducted in Bangalore reported that both cardiovascular illness and hypertension increased by 0.53% in two years (3).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A longitudinal study of morbidity and nutritional status of workers employed in a garment factory conducted in Bangalore reported that both cardiovascular illness and hypertension increased by 0.53% in two years (3). The prevalence of hypertension documented in studies were 1.9% (7), 10.5% (21) and 16.07% (15). A study done in Bangladesh to find out the health status of the female garment workers reported that 41.5% of the female garment workers had hypertension and 39% of them were suffering from heart diseases caused due to heavy workload (4).…”

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Health problems among garment factory workers: A narrative literature review

Lillypet

Jain

Joseph

2017

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Background: Garment factories in India contribute to the economic growth and it is the second largest sector for employment. Many unskilled laborers from rural location work in this sector. The common jobs handled by them are sewing, ironing, packing and lifting heavy loads which are monotonous, continuous and prolonged. Working for a long period of time without rest, absence of personal protective equipment and inadequate provision of ergonomic facilities at workplace leads to major health-related issues among the workers. The objective of this study was to identify the pattern and prevalence of major health problems among garment factory workers. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive electronic search of PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Science Direct and Cochrane Library was carried out using the search strategy. All freely available studies with a full-text article in the database and detailed study methodology were included in this review. Results: Seventeen studies were included in this review. The studies revealed that the major health problems among the garment workers were musculoskeletal disorder, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, gynecological, ophthalmological and nutritional problems and mental illness. The musculoskeletal problems were the highest among all with a prevalence of 78.89%. The most common region affected were back, followed by shoulder. Conclusions:Review of health problems among garment factory workers revealed that the musculoskeletal disorder were more prevalent. The majority of the studies were carried among women. Therefore, it is necessary to organize specific programs aimed at prevention of musculoskeletal disorders among garment workers.

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“…In recent times, emphasis is given primarily on sedentary occupations which may enhance the chances of cardiovascular diseases [4] Heavy manual labour too can cause low back pain [5,6], injuries [7], musculoskeletal problems [8], and so forth, to the workers.…”

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confidence: 99%

Body Status and Occupational Health Hazards of Female Workers : A Comparative Analysis

Arora¹,

Sitholay²,

Sau³

2015

Int J Occup Safety & Health

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Abstract:Objective: Health is nothing but a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing not merely the absence of disease. Health depends on life style and requires the promotion of healthy life style. Health is both a consequence of an individual's life style and factors in determining it. Working pattern or type of work has long been known to influence human health specially. The present study was under taken to evaluate the body status and physiological stress and occupational health hazards of the female workers. Methods: According to the work load the working group was classified in to low physical work group (LPWG) and the moderate type of physical work group (MPWG). Eighty women (forty in each group), excluding pregnant women, were selected from the municipal area of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India, aged between 20 to 40 years. The anthropometric measurement and skin fold thickness were taken, from which the body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage were determined. The blood pressure of all the subjects was taken by mercury sphygmomanometer at resting condition. The occupational health hazards were determined by questionnaire technique. Result: The result indicates that the MPWG workers suffer in significantly (p<0.001) low weight, BMI and Fat% than that of the LPWG workers. The MPWG workers also suffer from significantly (p<0.001) higher percentage of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) at neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, cuff and feet-ankle joint. MPWG workers, hemoglobin concentration also significantly (p<0.01) lower than that of the LPWG workers. Conclusion: It may be concluded that, this study is helpful to identify the risk factor for the occurrence of different cardiovascular as well as musculoskeletal abnormalities and accordingly prevention program, regarding proper food habit be undertaken.

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Health status of workers engaged in the small-scale garment industry: How healthy are they?

Cited by 46 publications

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Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka

Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka

Health problems among garment factory workers: A narrative literature review

Body Status and Occupational Health Hazards of Female Workers : A Comparative Analysis

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