NCT05047497

Ventilatory Functions, Oxygen Saturation, and Quality of Life Response to Long Time Cement Dust Exposure

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 25 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Thousands of people are working daily in a dusty environment. Many studied reported respiratory symptoms and ventilatory disorders among Factory workers who exposed to cement dust. But the evidence for respiratory effect and daily activities over a long time of cement dust exposure has not been conclusive

Detailed description

A total of 49 subjects working in a cement production factory were assessed and divided into three groups according to the total period of work exposure. Groupe A (18 subjects) with work period \< 10 years, group B (13 subjects) with work period 10-15 years, group C (18 subjects) with work period \> 15 years. The ventilatory functions, oxygen saturation, and quality of life were assessed in the three groups. RESULTS: The study results revealed a statistically significant difference between the three groups in the mean values of FVC (%), FEV1/FVC (%), SPO2.

Conditions

• Occupational Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	questionaire and ventilatory function test	we assessed the arterial blood gases and the ventilatory functions and quality of life of whole three groups

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-05
• Completion: 2019-05-29
• First posted: 2021-09-17
• Last updated: 2021-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt