Assessing Awareness, Protective Eyewear Utilization, and Associated Factors Among Construction Workers in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
A history of previous ocular injury was associated with higher odds of using protective eyewear.
Assessing Awareness, Protective Eyewear Utilization, and Associated Factors Among Construction Workers in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
And aim Workers on construction sites and in multiple industries experience many ocular injuries, which can affect their ability to continue working.
This study aimed to evaluate the awareness of occupational ocular injury risks and their potential implications, such as visual impairment and blindness, among construction workers (knowledge domain); assess worker attitudes regarding occupational ocular safety and the utilization of protective eyewear (attitude domain); assess the prevalence of protective eyewear usage and identify obstacles to its adoption among construction workers (practice domain); and determine the independent variables of protective eyewear utilization, including educational level, exposure to occupational hazards, length of work, and history of previous ocular injury, using multivariable logistic regression analysis.
A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 133 participants who presented to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), Nagpur Ophthalmology OPD, and were engaged in various work at construction sites in and around Nagpur, Maharashtra.
a past eye injury was linked to much higher odds of wearing eye protection
Nearly all respondents (132; 99.2%) knew that their job could cause eye injury.
Upon analyzing education level, seven (15.2%) primary school-educated workers wore protection, compared with 17 (56.7%) post-high school-educated workers and three (50%) diploma holders.
Educational status was significantly associated with the use of protective eye gear (p = 0.003).
Duration of work was not a significant independent predictor of protective eyewear use (AOR = 0.864, 95% CI: 0.458-1.629, p = 0.650).
This study concluded that although workers' awareness of the use of protective eye gear was high, adherence and use were very low.
Educational status, type of work, and prior history of ocular injury were key determinants of protective eyewear use.