Year: 2025 | Month: October-December | Volume: 10 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 203-212
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20250429
Assessment of Blood Pressure Among Textile Mill Workers Exposed to Noise in Western Tamil Nadu - A Cross-Sectional Study
A. Abbas1, Leela Priyadharsini Balamurali2, Shenbagadevi S3
1Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Government Medical College and ESIC Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India
3Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Corresponding Author: Leela Priyadharsini Balamurali
ABSTRACT
Introduction: India with a population of 1.4 billion is one of the fastest growing economies with massive industrialization of all sectors. Occupational risks, such as injuries, noise, carcinogenic agents, airborne particles, and ergonomic risks results in many chronic diseases. One of the problems is noise induced cardiovascular changes. This study focuses on changes in blood pressure of the textile mill workers exposed to noise.
Aim: To assess whether blood pressure is increased in the textile mill workers when compared to that of controls.
Materials and methods: Statistically adjusted sample size of 90 participants was taken as study group. They were further categorized into Day shift workers (n=30), Night shift workers (n=30) and control group (n=30). Blood pressure was measured before the start of work and after eight hours from the start of work.
Result: The mean Systolic blood pressure between the groups, before the start of work and after eight hours from the start of work was statistically significant. But the mean diastolic blood pressure before the start of work and after eight hours from the start of work, between the groups was statistically insignificant. On correlating years of exposure with blood pressure, systolic blood pressure before start of work correlated positively in day shift workers and, systolic blood pressure before start of work and after 8 hours of work correlated positively in night shift workers.
Conclusion: So, the industrial workers should be screened for cardiovascular dysfunctions and early intervention should be done by preventive and definitive measures.
Keywords: Textile mill workers, Blood Pressure, Occupational health, Noise exposure