Research Article
Determinants of Chronic Respiratory Symptoms among Pharmaceutical Factory Workers
Table 4
Distribution of occupational and environmental factors of participants in pharmaceutical factories in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2017.
| | Occupational and environmental factors | Case () (%) | Control () (%) | Total (%) | value |
| | Working department | | | | | | Research and development | 16 (10.6) | 44 (14.6) | 60 (13.2) | 0.753 | | Production | 121 (80.1) | 214 (70.8) | 335 (74.0) | 0.079 | | Quality control | 14 (9.3) | 44 (14.6) | 58 (12.8) | | | Working hours per week | | | | | | ≤48 hrs | 71 (47.0) | 131 (43.4) | 202 (44.6) | | | >48 hrs | 80 (53.0) | 171 (56.6) | 251 (55.4) | 0.462 | | Length of time worked | | | | | | 1–5 years | 66 (43.7) | 225 (74.5) | 310 (68.4) | | | >5 years | 85 (56.3) | 77 (25.5) | 143 (31.6) | <0.0001 | | Training on respiratory health | | | | | | Yes | 52 (34.4) | 100 (33.1) | 152 (33.6) | 0.778 | | No | 99 (65.6) | 202 (66.9) | 301 (66.4) | | | Energy used at home | | | | | | Electricity | 108 (71.5) | 204 (67.5) | 312 (68.9) | 0.377 | | kerosene | 16 (10.6) | 28 (9.3) | 44 (9.7) | 0.357 | | Wood | 1 (0.7) | 5 (1.7) | 6 (1.3) | | | Charcoal | 26 (17.2) | 65 (21.5) | 91 (20.1) | 0.536 |
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