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Biabani A, Zokaei M, Falahati M, Ziamanesh S. Association between Socioeconomic Factors and Hearing Loss in Working Population. AOH 2021; 5 (3) :1075-1083
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Association between Socioeconomic Factors and Hearing Loss in Working Population
Azam Biabani1 , Mojtaba Zokaei1 , Mohsen Falahati * 2, Shahla Ziamanesh3
1- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran
2- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran , M.falahati@savehums.ac.ir
3- Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background: This study aimed to investigate the association between demographic, social, and economic factors of employees and hearing loss. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the required data were extracted from the periodic medical examination of 987 workers in an automotive industry. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to study the associations. The data were analyzed in the SPSS software. Results: In this study, most of the subjects were in the age group of 30-49 years and also had less than 10 years of working experience. In terms of education level, most of them had a diploma. The relationship between work experience and hearing loss indicated profound hearing loss among a workers with 10 to 20 years of work experience. According to age, the subjects over the age of 55 years had the highest prevalence of hearing loss (p = 0.04). Conclusion: Age and work experience, education, income, and type of job are among the factors that could predict the at risk population for hearing loss.
Keywords: Hearing loss, Socioeconomic status, Automotive industry, Occupational health
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2020/11/23 | Accepted: 2021/09/1 | Published: 2021/07/19
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