Effects of Workload on Reproductive Health Status of Female Workers in Mechanical Manufacturing Industry
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.06.004
- VernacularTitle: 工作负荷对机械制造行业女性职工生殖健康状况的影响
- Author:
Jing LIU
1
;
Wenlan YU
;
Qing XIA
;
Tongtong ZHAO
;
Liping PAN
;
Hengdong ZHANG
;
Peng ZHOU
;
Haiyan SONG
Author Information
1. Nanjing Prevention and Treatment for Occupational Disease, Nanjing 210042, China
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Female workers;
Reproductive health;
Workload;
Menstrual abnormalities;
Gynecological diseases
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2018;36(6):416-418
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the reproductive health status of female workers in the machinery industry and to analysis the effect of workload on their reproductive health.
Methods:5 732 female mechanical workers were selected and investigated by the Female Workers' Reproductive Health Questionnaire, which was printed by the occupational health and poisoning control institute of China CDC to collect the information about the reproductive health status of from March to December in 2016.
Results:The rate of abnormal menstruation was 27.15%, and the rate of gynecological diseases of female workers was 34.39%. The menstruation abnormality and gynecological diseases rate of female workers with high workload was higher than that female workers with low workload (both P<0.01) . High workload was the independent the risk factor associated with the menstruation abnormality (OR=1.88, 95%CI: 1.54~2.31, P<0.01) and gynecological diseases (OR=1.97, 95% CI: 1.61~2.40, P<0.01) .
Conclusion:The workload has a large impact on the reproductive health status of female workers.
