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Effects Of Explosive Blast Trauma On Sleep Quality And Quality Of Lives Of The Workers In Ammunition Factory
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Pharmaceutical Soc Japan, 2009.
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Abstract
- WOS: 000268556500007 We investigated the effects of explosive acoustic trauma on sleep quality and quality of lives (QOLs) of the workers in Ammunition Factory. Forty-one male workers exposed to explosive acoustic trauma in Ammunition Factory 12 years ago constructed the study group (Group 1). Thirty-eight male workers of Ammunition Factory who were not exposed to the explosion, were included into the control group (Group 2). We used the Mini Sleep Questionnaire (MSQ) and SF-36 questionnaire. In workers of the study group who had experienced psychological and sleep problems; hearing loss and acute tinnitus just after explosion; and had higher education levels, some of the sleep and QOL parameters got worse. Workers, adjacent to the explosion site and not used earpluggs during explosion, had more impaired sleep quality results (p < 0.05). We may conclude that acute explosive acoustic trauma may affect negatively some items of sleep quality and quality of the lives of the workers. Workers should be educated to use ear muffs and ear plugs. For post-explosion sleep problems and other psychological problems, psychological support should be given to the workers by the health-team and their families.
- Subjects :
- business.industry
Hearing loss
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
sleep quality
mini sleep questionnaire (MSQ)
medicine.disease
Affect (psychology)
Toxicology
Occupational safety and health
explosive acoustic trauma
Ammunition
Quality of life
quality of life (QOL)
medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
SF-36 health survey
Quality (business)
Sleep (system call)
Medical emergency
medicine.symptom
business
Tinnitus
media_common
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9d1447271e2d59ea707d2bb6ea03235c