Prevalence of Hypertension Disease among Ceramic Industry Workers: Adherance to Therapeutic Regimen
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Prevalence of Hypertension Disease among Ceramic Industry Workers: Adherance to Therapeutic Regimen, MAHA I. EL-BAYUOMY, NAGAT S. HABIB and HEBA M. HAMAD
Abstract
Background: Hypertension has increased rapidly; much of this increase occurs in developing countries and results from aging, an unhealthy diet and obesity. Workers in the ceramic industries are exposed to many occupational health hazards in many departments' industrial operations during storage, handling of raw materials, firing and spray drying ceramics. The most common hazardous diseases developed from ceramic industries are hypertension, respiratory diseases, kidney stone and muscular diseases. Adherence to therapeutic regimen is a primary determinant of treatment success while failure to adherence is a serious problem which not only affects the patient but also the health care system.
Aim of the Study: To assess the prevalence of hypertension disease among workers at Ceramic Industry. To assess the adherence to hypertension therapeutic regimen among workers at ceramic industry.
Subject and Methods: Descriptive exploratory design was utilized. Sample: Four hundred workers in ceramic industry who met the inclusion criteria.
Setting: The study was conducted in ceramic industries in El-Fayoum Governorate. The Governorate has 2 industries: Out of the 2 ceramic industries in the Governorate, Pharaohs Group industry was selected at random to represent the other industry of El-Fayoum Governorate.
Tools: Two tools were used; 1st tool Ceramic workers physical assessment record, it included the following parts: Part (A)-Socio-demographic data and part (B)-physical as-sessment data. 2nd tool hypertension regimen adherence scale.
Results: The current study reveals that, 60.3% of the workers were 35-<45yrs with a mean age of 36.3±7. 1 years old. The prevalence of hypertension among workers at ceramic industry was 19.5%, whereas 56.41% of workers had poor adherence to hypertension therapeutic regimen. There was significant correlation between adherence to medication and blood pressure (p=0.002) and there was significant correlation between hypertension and age, educational level, working experience and body mass index (p=0.0001).
Conclusion: The study concluded that, 19, 5% of the workers had hypertension and 56.41% of them had poor adherence to hypertension therapeutic regimen.
Recommendation: Raise awareness of workers in ceramic industry about the hypertension disease, its causes and thera-peutic regimen.