Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin

The textile industry sector occupies a prominent place in the economy of Benin. It exposes workers to several occupational risks, including exposure to cotton dust. To assess the effect of exposure to cotton dust on the health of workers, this study was initiated and conducted in a Beninese cotton i...

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Main Authors: Antoine Vikkey Hinson, Virgil K. Lokossou, Vivi Schlünssen, Gildas Agodokpessi, Torben Sigsgaard, Benjamin Fayomi
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/9/895
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spelling doaj-6beb005cedb742b78bca26ef63e4d0cb2020-11-24T23:54:20ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012016-09-0113989510.3390/ijerph13090895ijerph13090895Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of BeninAntoine Vikkey Hinson0Virgil K. Lokossou1Vivi Schlünssen2Gildas Agodokpessi3Torben Sigsgaard4Benjamin Fayomi5Unit of Teaching and Research in Occupational Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences of the Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, 01 PO 188 Cotonou, BeninUnit of Teaching and Research in Occupational Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences of the Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, 01 PO 188 Cotonou, BeninSection for Environment, Occupation and Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University Denmark, Nordre Ringgade 1, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkUnité D’enseignement et de Recherche en Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey Calavi, 01 PO 321 Cotonou, BeninSection for Environment, Occupation and Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University Denmark, Nordre Ringgade 1, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkUnit of Teaching and Research in Occupational Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences of the Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, 01 PO 188 Cotonou, BeninThe textile industry sector occupies a prominent place in the economy of Benin. It exposes workers to several occupational risks, including exposure to cotton dust. To assess the effect of exposure to cotton dust on the health of workers, this study was initiated and conducted in a Beninese cotton industry company. The objective of the study was to evaluate the respiratory disorders among the textile workers exposed to cotton dust and the cross-sectional study involved 656 subjects exposed to cotton dust and 113 non-exposed subjects. The methods used are mainly based on a survey using a questionnaire of organic dust designed by the International Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH); and on the measures of lung function parameters (FEV1 and FVC). The main results of the different analyzes revealed that subjects exposed to cotton dust have more respiratory symptoms than unexposed subjects (36.9% vs. 21.2%). The prevalence of chronic cough, expectorations, dyspnoea, asthma and chronic bronchitis are 16.8%, 9.8%, 17.3%, 2.6%, and 5.9% respectively among the exposed versus 2.6%, 0.8%, 16.8%, 0% and 0.8% among the unexposed subjects. The prevalence of byssinosis is 44.01%.The prevalence of symptoms is dependent on the sector of activity and the age of the subject. These results should encourage medical interventions and technical prevention especially since the textile industry occupies an important place in the Benin’s economy.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/9/895respiratory disorderscotton dustbyssinosisFEV1FVCBenin
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author Antoine Vikkey Hinson
Virgil K. Lokossou
Vivi Schlünssen
Gildas Agodokpessi
Torben Sigsgaard
Benjamin Fayomi
spellingShingle Antoine Vikkey Hinson
Virgil K. Lokossou
Vivi Schlünssen
Gildas Agodokpessi
Torben Sigsgaard
Benjamin Fayomi
Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
respiratory disorders
cotton dust
byssinosis
FEV1
FVC
Benin
author_facet Antoine Vikkey Hinson
Virgil K. Lokossou
Vivi Schlünssen
Gildas Agodokpessi
Torben Sigsgaard
Benjamin Fayomi
author_sort Antoine Vikkey Hinson
title Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin
title_short Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin
title_full Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin
title_fullStr Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin
title_full_unstemmed Cotton Dust Exposure and Respiratory Disorders among Textile Workers at a Textile Company in the Southern Part of Benin
title_sort cotton dust exposure and respiratory disorders among textile workers at a textile company in the southern part of benin
publisher MDPI AG
series International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn 1660-4601
publishDate 2016-09-01
description The textile industry sector occupies a prominent place in the economy of Benin. It exposes workers to several occupational risks, including exposure to cotton dust. To assess the effect of exposure to cotton dust on the health of workers, this study was initiated and conducted in a Beninese cotton industry company. The objective of the study was to evaluate the respiratory disorders among the textile workers exposed to cotton dust and the cross-sectional study involved 656 subjects exposed to cotton dust and 113 non-exposed subjects. The methods used are mainly based on a survey using a questionnaire of organic dust designed by the International Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH); and on the measures of lung function parameters (FEV1 and FVC). The main results of the different analyzes revealed that subjects exposed to cotton dust have more respiratory symptoms than unexposed subjects (36.9% vs. 21.2%). The prevalence of chronic cough, expectorations, dyspnoea, asthma and chronic bronchitis are 16.8%, 9.8%, 17.3%, 2.6%, and 5.9% respectively among the exposed versus 2.6%, 0.8%, 16.8%, 0% and 0.8% among the unexposed subjects. The prevalence of byssinosis is 44.01%.The prevalence of symptoms is dependent on the sector of activity and the age of the subject. These results should encourage medical interventions and technical prevention especially since the textile industry occupies an important place in the Benin’s economy.
topic respiratory disorders
cotton dust
byssinosis
FEV1
FVC
Benin
url http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/9/895
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