Quality of life workers with hearing loss caused by exposure to industrial noise the of metalworking production

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Abstract

Introduction. Subjective assessment of the quality of life of workers exposed to occupational noise is an important aspect in the development of measures to prevent health problems in people with hearing impairment.

Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study of subjective assessment of the quality of life of two hundred twenty metalworking workers in “noise” occupations was carried out using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.

Results. Metalworking workers employed in conditions of exposure to industrial noise have been shown to rate their quality of life (QoL) as increased in almost all areas, except for the “environment” area. There has been established a decrease in estimated indicators of QoL depending on age, especially pronounced for the sphere of “physical health”. The lowest values of quality of life indicators are typical for elderly people and people with hearing impairment.

Limitations. The studied indicators are subjective and may not reflect the actual health status of respondents.

Conclusion. Subjective assessment of the quality of life of metalworking workers with hearing impairment caused by noise exposure showed the need for additional QOL studies with ranking of the interviewed persons according to the intensity of hearing damage.

Compliance with ethical standards. The study was carried out in compliance with the requirements ethical standards and principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki. Voluntary informed consent was obtained from all study participants. The study was approved by the local ethical committee of the Saratov International Research Center for Hygiene, Federal Scientific Research Center for Medical and Preventive Technologies for Public Health Risk Management (protocol No. 6
of 03/01/2023)

Contribution:
Spirin V.F. — concept and design of the study, text writing;
Novikova T.A. — analysis and interpretation of results, writing text;
Komleva N.E. — editing, final version approval;
Mazilov S.I. — collection and statistical processing of data.
All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. The study had no sponsorship.

Received: April 11, 2024 / Revised: April 25, 2024 / Accepted: June 19, 2024 / Published: July 17, 2024

About the authors

Vladimir F. Spirin

Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies

Author for correspondence.
Email: vlad.spirin2011@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2987-0099

MD, PhD, DSci., professor, leading researcher, head of the Dept. of occupational medicine and general pathology, Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Saratov, 410022, Russian Federation

e-mail: vlad.spirin2011@yandex.ru

Russian Federation

Tamara A. Novikova

Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies

Email: NovikovaTA-saratov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1463-0559

MD, PhD, Associate Professor, leading researcher, head lab. Occupational Hygiene, Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Saratov, 410022, Russian Federation

e-mail: NovikovaTA-saratov@yandex.ru

Russian Federation

Nataliia E. Komleva

Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies; V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University

Email: mail@smncg.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4099-9368

MD, PhD, DSci., Deputy Head of Scientific Work, Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Saratov, 410022, Russian Federation; V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation

e-mail: mail@smncg.ru

Russian Federation

Svyatoslav I. Mazilov

Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8220-145X

MD, PhD, Junior researcher, Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center of Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Saratov, 410022, Russian Federation

e-mail: mail@smncg.ru

Russian Federation

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