Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers

TheprevalenceoNfoise-InducedHearingLosisincreasingwodrlwide.Majorfactorscontributetothisituationis the breach of the preventive measures. Thstisudy aimed to identify factors that caused the industrial workers to ignore the usage of thehearing protection device(HPD). Sem-istructured focus group disu...

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Main Authors:	Yahya, Siti Najihah, A Rahman, Nor Azlina, Razali, Ailin, A Rahman, Nor Iza
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Published:	Association of Indian pharmacist-AIP 2016
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spelling	iium-763392019-12-19T00:37:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/76339/ Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers Yahya, Siti Najihah A Rahman, Nor Azlina Razali, Ailin A Rahman, Nor Iza R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine TheprevalenceoNfoise-InducedHearingLosisincreasingwodrlwide.Majorfactorscontributetothisituationis the breach of the preventive measures. Thstisudy aimed to identify factors that caused the industrial workers to ignore the usage of thehearing protection device(HPD). Sem-istructured focus group disucssion was conducted to the sawmill workers of Pahang, Malay.siPaurposive sampling method was performed to obtpaainrticipants,who was exposed to continuous noise, working tinhe industrial fieldand frequently or never used the HPD during working. Participants werediffered in term of gender, age, working experience and job. The condufcotceuds group discussion was recorded and all related information was transcribed. Analysis of the theme for the study was conducted using QSR Nvivo 9.2. Three mnaithemes were identified which are: uncomfortable, less awareness and barrier in communication. 58% of the workers reported on uncomfortable feeling wh2il%e 4were lack of awareness and 25% feel that the devices createad barrier in communication. Therefore, asncuomfortable feeling was the main cauosfe the industrial workers not to wear the HPD, new types of HPD that follows user requirement should be invented. Association of Indian pharmacist-AIP 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76339/1/Satisfaction%20Study%20of%20Using%20Hearing%20Protection%20Device%20Among%20Sawmill%20Workers%20in%20Kuntan%2C%20Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76339/10/76339%20Satisfaction%20study%20of%20using%20hearing%20protection%20SCOPUS.pdf Yahya, Siti Najihah and A Rahman, Nor Azlina and Razali, Ailin and A Rahman, Nor Iza (2016) Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 8 (1 (Jan-Mar)). pp. 50-56. ISSN 0975-2366 http://www.ijpronline.com/ViewArticleDetail.aspx?ID=893
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description	TheprevalenceoNfoise-InducedHearingLosisincreasingwodrlwide.Majorfactorscontributetothisituationis the breach of the preventive measures. Thstisudy aimed to identify factors that caused the industrial workers to ignore the usage of thehearing protection device(HPD). Sem-istructured focus group disucssion was conducted to the sawmill workers of Pahang, Malay.siPaurposive sampling method was performed to obtpaainrticipants,who was exposed to continuous noise, working tinhe industrial fieldand frequently or never used the HPD during working. Participants werediffered in term of gender, age, working experience and job. The condufcotceuds group discussion was recorded and all related information was transcribed. Analysis of the theme for the study was conducted using QSR Nvivo 9.2. Three mnaithemes were identified which are: uncomfortable, less awareness and barrier in communication. 58% of the workers reported on uncomfortable feeling wh2il%e 4were lack of awareness and 25% feel that the devices createad barrier in communication. Therefore, asncuomfortable feeling was the main cauosfe the industrial workers not to wear the HPD, new types of HPD that follows user requirement should be invented.
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author	Yahya, Siti Najihah A Rahman, Nor Azlina Razali, Ailin A Rahman, Nor Iza
author_facet	Yahya, Siti Najihah A Rahman, Nor Azlina Razali, Ailin A Rahman, Nor Iza
author_sort	Yahya, Siti Najihah
title	Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers
title_short	Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers
title_full	Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers
title_fullStr	Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers
title_full_unstemmed	Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers
title_sort	satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers
publisher	Association of Indian pharmacist-AIP
publishDate	2016
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Satisfaction of using hearing protection devices among industrial workers

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