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Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry
INTRODUCTION: The footwear industry uses glue and other organic solvents (such as ethyl acetate, acetone, xylene, and toluene) in its manufacturing process; these substances, when associated with an inadequate working environment, can potentialize health problems and interfere with the perception of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934172/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33688320 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2020-517 |
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author | Rios, Lilian Paggiaro, André Oliveira Fernandes, Rosa Aurea Quintella |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The footwear industry uses glue and other organic solvents (such as ethyl acetate, acetone, xylene, and toluene) in its manufacturing process; these substances, when associated with an inadequate working environment, can potentialize health problems and interfere with the perception of quality of life by female workers. OBJECTIVES: To verify the quality of life of women working in the footwear industry and its association with the self-reported morbidities of these workers, their working environment, and lifestyle habits. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, developed with 120 women shoemakers in the city of Franca, state of São Paulo. For evaluating quality of life, we used the abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument. RESULTS: The most common self-reported morbidities were anxiety (65%), stress (62.5%), irritability (49.2%), sleep alterations (35.8%), fatigue (30%), and muscle cramps (30%). The physical domain presented the highest mean score (68.0), followed by the psychological (67.1) and social relationships domains (66.4). Environment was the domain with the lowest mean score (53.5). Quality of life was associated with the following self-reported morbidities: muscle cramps (p = 0.010), breathing difficulty (p = 0.029), tingling in the upper limbs (p = 0.010), decline in manual skills and work capacity, and pain (p < 0.001); the physical domain was the most affected. We observed a statistically significant difference in mean physical domain scores (p = 0.006) of women who used personal protection equipment; noise in the workplace interfered with the social relationships domain (p = 0.019), while working position interfered with the social relationships (p = 0.021) and environment (0 = 0.047) domains. CONCLUSIONS: The self-reported morbidities reported here and some working conditions negatively interfered with the women’s quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-79341722021-03-08 Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry Rios, Lilian Paggiaro, André Oliveira Fernandes, Rosa Aurea Quintella Rev Bras Med Trab Original Article INTRODUCTION: The footwear industry uses glue and other organic solvents (such as ethyl acetate, acetone, xylene, and toluene) in its manufacturing process; these substances, when associated with an inadequate working environment, can potentialize health problems and interfere with the perception of quality of life by female workers. OBJECTIVES: To verify the quality of life of women working in the footwear industry and its association with the self-reported morbidities of these workers, their working environment, and lifestyle habits. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, developed with 120 women shoemakers in the city of Franca, state of São Paulo. For evaluating quality of life, we used the abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument. RESULTS: The most common self-reported morbidities were anxiety (65%), stress (62.5%), irritability (49.2%), sleep alterations (35.8%), fatigue (30%), and muscle cramps (30%). The physical domain presented the highest mean score (68.0), followed by the psychological (67.1) and social relationships domains (66.4). Environment was the domain with the lowest mean score (53.5). Quality of life was associated with the following self-reported morbidities: muscle cramps (p = 0.010), breathing difficulty (p = 0.029), tingling in the upper limbs (p = 0.010), decline in manual skills and work capacity, and pain (p < 0.001); the physical domain was the most affected. We observed a statistically significant difference in mean physical domain scores (p = 0.006) of women who used personal protection equipment; noise in the workplace interfered with the social relationships domain (p = 0.019), while working position interfered with the social relationships (p = 0.021) and environment (0 = 0.047) domains. CONCLUSIONS: The self-reported morbidities reported here and some working conditions negatively interfered with the women’s quality of life. Associação Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho (ANAMT) 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7934172/ /pubmed/33688320 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2020-517 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rios, Lilian Paggiaro, André Oliveira Fernandes, Rosa Aurea Quintella Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
title | Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
title_full | Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
title_fullStr | Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
title_short | Quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
title_sort | quality of life, lifestyle, and working environment of women in the footwear industry |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934172/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33688320 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2020-517 |
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