ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF COTTON DUST EXPOSURE ON PULMONARY FUNCTION AMONG WORKERS AT SHIVA SPINNING MILL TAPA, PUNJAB

Abstract

Occupation health is related to human work, human place and work environment. Occupation health is entirely preventive medicine. The main objective of occupational health is the safety of workers in all occupations from injuries and disease and to improve their health status. It includes research approach and designs setting of the study, variable, population sample, sample size and sampling technique, development of the tool, pretesting of the tool reliability of the tool, development of the tool content validation of tool. Pilot study data collection process and plan for data analysis are discussed. In this study Quantitative, explorative study was used to assess the effect of cotton dust exposure on pulmonary function among workers of cotton industry at selected industries. The investigator obtained a written permission from the concerned authority of the Shiva spinning industries Tapa, Punjab. The baseline information was obtained by distribution of tool and baseline pulmonary function was obtained by spirometer.