Risk Factors Related to Disorders of the Respiratory System among Stainless Steel Workers in RayongProvince Risk Factors Related to Respiratory Symptoms among Stainless Steel Workers in RayongProvince

Abstract

This research aims to study the risk factors related to disorders of the respiratory system among stainless steel workers in Rayong province including 116 stainless steel workers. The questionnaire was used to collect data .The results revealed almost stainless steel workers in Rayong province were the mean age of 38.3, including 1-2 years of work experiences, graduating from primary level (40.5%) ,and working less or equal 8 hours a day (53.4%), while during the welding, the workers used the protective devices to protect their respiratory system (99.1%), and most of them found that they had got phlegm and coughing (41.5%).To study the relationship between the risk factors and the disorder of respiratory system found training information relationship with coughing being statistically significant difference at 0.05 (p=0.026) and knowledge of the danger of chromium including with the protection that relationship with phlegm being statistically significant difference at 0.01 (p=0.003),respectively.