The Effect of Noise Intensity, Work Climate and Individual Characteristics on Blood Pressure of Workers PT Bungasari Flour Mills
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https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt20262616Keywords:
noise, work climate, individual characteristics, blood pressure, hypertensionAbstract
Introduction: K3 is important because workers are exposed to noise of 95.8–87.8 dBA and a working climate of ISBB 31.6°C which exceeds the threshold, so the influence of both and individual characteristics on workers' blood pressure at PT Bungasari Flour Mills Makassar was studied.
Methods: Cross-sectional observational analytical quantitative study; population of all PT Bungasari mill workers (100 people) with total sampling (n=100); instruments: characteristic form, SLM Svantek 971, noise dosimeter Svantek 104 (8 hours), Heat Stress Monitor QuesTemp 46 (WBGT), tensiometer, microtoise, digital scales; analysis in SPSS 23 (univariate, Chi-Square, and multiple logistic regression).
Results: The majority of workers were aged 26–35 years (37 %) with a high prevalence of smoking (86 %) and dominant obesity nutritional status (48 %), most of whom had worked for ≥4 years (68 %), and 73 % were exposed to noise and 70 % were exposed to hot working climates above the NAB; This condition was followed by an increase in mean blood pressure (systolic +4.90 mmHg; diastolic +4.08 mmHg) and the test results showed a significant relationship with a history of hypertension (p=0.010–0.014), nutritional status (p=0.001–0.002), smoking habits on systolic (p=0.044), work period (p<0.001), noise (p<0.001), and hot work climate (p=0.001–0.041), while age was only related to diastolic (p=0.010), alcohol (p>0.05) and work shifts (p>0.05) were not significant, and multivariate analysis showed that work period ≥4 years was the only significant predictor of systolic blood pressure (Adj-OR=0.022; p=0.002) and diastolic (Adj-OR=0.105; p=0.016).
Conclusions: Noise intensity, work climate, and individual characteristics have a significant effect on workers' blood pressure, so it is necessary to strengthen health monitoring and control of the work environment to prevent hypertension.
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