Survey of gynecological diseases on female workers in an automobile manufacturing company / 中国职业医学

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the current prevalence status of gynecological diseases on female workers in an automobile manufacturing company. METHODS: By judgment sampling,382 female workers who exposed to occupational hazard factors were selected as exposure group and 367 female executive staffs without exposure to those factors were selected as control group. Among the three subgroups of the exposure group,the prevalence rate of vaginitis,pelvic inflammatory disease,cervicitis,annex cysts,ovarian cysts and uterine fibroid in these two groups were analyzed. RESULTS: The prevalence rate of vaginitis and uterine fibroid in exposure group was higher than that of control group(24. 9% vs20. 7%,20. 4% vs 9. 8%,P < 0. 05). Among the three subgroups of the exposure group,the prevalence rate of vaginitis in welding subgroup was the highest(35. 4%,P < 0. 017); the prevalence rate of annex cysts in coating subgroup was the highest among all subgroups(11. 4%,P < 0. 017); the prevalence rate of uterine fibroid in assembly subgroup was the highest(28. 1%,P < 0. 017). The prevalence rate of uterine fibroid in exposure group presented an increasing tendency with the increase of age(P < 0. 05). The prevalence rate of cervicitis,annex cysts and uterine fibroid in exposure group presented an increasing tendency with the increase of seniority(P < 0. 05). CONCLUSION: The prevalence rate of gynecological diseases in female workers who exposed to occupational hazard factors in an automobile manufacturing company was significantly higher than general population. The prevalence rate of gynecological diseases among different types of female workers was significantly different. Disparity of gynecological diseases prevalence of female workers might due to differences in occupational hazard factors exposure.