Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment

A cross sectional study of physiological and psychological effects on heat acclimatization in hot environment was conducted among construction workers in Pahang, Malaysia. The goals of this study are to assess the physiological (blood pressure, heart rate and oral temperature) and psychological (fat...

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Main Authors: M. S., Norhidayah, A., Norhidayah
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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spelling ump-124272018-05-18T07:49:31Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12427/ Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment M. S., Norhidayah A., Norhidayah T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) A cross sectional study of physiological and psychological effects on heat acclimatization in hot environment was conducted among construction workers in Pahang, Malaysia. The goals of this study are to assess the physiological (blood pressure, heart rate and oral temperature) and psychological (fatigue feeling) effects of workers in hot environment. A correlation between fatigue feeling and physiological effects is determined. An increment of physiological parameters toward exposure of heat environment proves that the workers are affected by heat acclimatization. The finding of this study reveals that there are significant differences between before and after session of oral temperature (p=0.0001), heart rate (p=0.0001), systolic blood pressure (p=0.0001), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.001) and sweating rate (p=0.004) among the workers who are working in hot environment. The relationship between fatigue and physiological effects reveals with spearman test that the correlation is weak (p < 0.05). The results show that the physiological changes happen during workers conducted their jobs under hot environment. Only physiological of workers were shifted to achieve the heat acclimatization in extreme hot environment. 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12427/1/Physiological%20and%20Psychological%20Effects0001.pdf M. S., Norhidayah and A., Norhidayah (2015) Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, 3 (1). pp. 46-52. ISSN 2321-9009
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
M. S., Norhidayah
A., Norhidayah
Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment
description A cross sectional study of physiological and psychological effects on heat acclimatization in hot environment was conducted among construction workers in Pahang, Malaysia. The goals of this study are to assess the physiological (blood pressure, heart rate and oral temperature) and psychological (fatigue feeling) effects of workers in hot environment. A correlation between fatigue feeling and physiological effects is determined. An increment of physiological parameters toward exposure of heat environment proves that the workers are affected by heat acclimatization. The finding of this study reveals that there are significant differences between before and after session of oral temperature (p=0.0001), heart rate (p=0.0001), systolic blood pressure (p=0.0001), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.001) and sweating rate (p=0.004) among the workers who are working in hot environment. The relationship between fatigue and physiological effects reveals with spearman test that the correlation is weak (p < 0.05). The results show that the physiological changes happen during workers conducted their jobs under hot environment. Only physiological of workers were shifted to achieve the heat acclimatization in extreme hot environment.
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author M. S., Norhidayah
A., Norhidayah
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A., Norhidayah
author_sort M. S., Norhidayah
title Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment
title_short Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment
title_full Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment
title_fullStr Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment
title_full_unstemmed Physiological and Psychological Effects on Heat Acclimatization in Extreme Hot Environment
title_sort physiological and psychological effects on heat acclimatization in extreme hot environment
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12427/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12427/1/Physiological%20and%20Psychological%20Effects0001.pdf
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