HAND INJURIES AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS AT HAYAT ABAD, PESHAWAR.

Authors

  • Farhad Ali Assistant Professor, Khyber College of Dentistry , Peshawar.
  • Sultan Zeb Khan Associate Professor Department of Oral Pathology Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar.
  • Naeem Ullah Assistant Professor, Community Medicine Department, Saidu Medical College, Swat.
  • Abdul Khaliq Staff Nurse, THQ Hospital Dir Lower, KPK.
  • Zia Ul Haq Director & Professor, Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences (IPHSS), Khyber Medical University Peshawar.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i01.460

Keywords:

Hand injuries, Industrial workers, Occupational Health

Abstract

Objective:To determine the frequency, pattern and associated factors of hand injuries among local industrial workers of Hayatabad Peshawar and the type of industry commonly lead to hand injuries.
Materials And Methods:A cross-sectional study conducted at Social Security Hospital, Hayatabad, Peshawar started from October 2015 to March 2016 by using consecutive sampling technique by taking all participant having work-related injuries. Proportions were compared using chi-square (χ2) tests. Results:A total of 154 industrial workers having a history of industrial injury were interviewed at social security hospital industrial state Hayatabad, Peshawar. The mean age of the participants was 32 years (SD
9.8) with a maximum age of 56 years and a minimum age of 14 years. Ninety-seven percent (n=150) of all the study participants were male, and 2.60 % (n=04) were female. While those with hand injuries, 96% (n=24) were male. Out of the total 154 participants, 16.23 % (n=25) had hand injuries while 83.77 % (n=129) suffered from other injuries. Laceration 44% (n=11) was in high proportion among all the pattern of hand injuries, followed by tendon injury 24% (n=6) and fracture 12%(n=3), while traumatic finger amputation was 20% (n=5).
Conclusion:Instructing the safety standards to labourers and motivate them to utilise some protective instruments, supervising the working performance of young, inexperienced workers, stressing the perception of law, hygienic and use of protective equipment can reduce the event of occupational hand injuries.

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2018-03-31

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Farhad Ali, Sultan Zeb Khan, Naeem Ullah, Abdul Khaliq, & Zia Ul Haq. (2018). HAND INJURIES AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS AT HAYAT ABAD, PESHAWAR . JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 8(01), 30–36. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i01.460

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Vol. 8 No. 01 (2018): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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