Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Traffic Police men are constantly exposed to fumes, exhaust of vehicles, dust, noise, heat, radiation etc during their work and they are at higher risk to develop the occupational diseases. To assess the health status among traffic policemen in Kalaburagi. A cross sectional was done among traffic police personnel in Kalaburagi city from January 2014 to December 2014. A predesigned and pre‐tested proforma was used to collect the information. Majority of the study subjects belonged to 30‐40 years (32.04%), 91 (88.35%) were Hindu by religion and 46 (44.66%) were graduate. Whereas 99 (96.12 %) were married and most of the study subjects belonged to nuclear family 94 (91.26%) while 98 (95.15%) belonged to class III, majority 47 (45.63%) had 11‐20 years of working experience and 74 (71.84%) were working less than 8 hrs per day. Majority of the study subjects 57 (55.34%) were having increased waist hip ratio, 41 (39.81%) were pre hypertensive and 49 (47.57%) had mild hearing loss. Total prevalence of refractive error 63 (61.17%), diabetes mellitus 50 (48.54%) and psychiatric morbidity 42 (40.78%) respectively. The job of traffic police personnel is a tough job, which has a direct influence on their life as it is found that many traffic police personnel suffer from respiratory problems, reduced hearing, high blood pressure, varicose vein due to prolong standing during duty hours and increases body mass index and waist hip ratio due to irregular food habits.
How to cite this article:
Shivanand , Sampat Kumar, Shweta Chapparbandi and V. Roopadevi. A Study on Health Status of Traffic Police Personnel in Kalaburagi City.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.12.500.505
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.12.500.505