Abstract

THE PREVALENCE OF COTTON DUST POLLUTION AMONG TEXTILE WORKERS IN TIRUPUR DISTRICT AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN COPD PATIENTS

Muhamed Jassim Pharm D, S. Neela Arthi Pharm D, Rinta Jacob Pharm D, S. Rajarajan M. pharm*, Dr. S. Manoharan Ph D and Dr. Muhammed Yahoop MBBS

ABSTRACT

Aims: To observe the prevalence of cotton dust pollution among textile workers in tirupur district and medication adherence in copd patients. Methodology: This is a prospective observational study carried out in textile workers and COPD patients in the department A total of 170 subjects were selected, in which 120 workers were taken as experimental group and 50 non-textile workers were taken as control group. After period of five months, medication adherence was assessed by Morisky self reported questionnaires Results: After comparing with the experimental and control group, the 75 percent workers in experimental group reported that, due to the illness theirwork performance in industry is not normal, they suffering the problems during the work such as breathing difficulty, asthma, cough, respiratory allergy etc. Result revealed that 23 (7.32%) were have cold, 69 (21.97%) were have phlegm, 104 (33.12%) were have shortness of breath, 57 (18.15%) were have chest tightness, 21 (6.68%) were have wheezing, 22 (7.00%) were have throat irritation, 18 (5.73%) were have past history of respiratory disease. The study shows there was statistically more significant increase in medication adherence (P<0.001) from baseline after patient counseling regarding disease and medication. Conclusion: The present study concluded that, there is a high prevalence of respiratory diseases among the textile workers due to the exposure of dust pollution than control group Overall medication adherence improvement was found to be statistically more significant in COPD patients after counseling.

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