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Health aspects of fashion in the leather industry in Ethiopia - Psychological stress in the Ethiopian leather industry: the interplay of toxic substances and living conditions

Health aspects of fashion in the leather industry in Ethiopia - Psychological stress in the Ethiopian leather industry: the interplay of toxic substances and living conditions

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00036446
Enrollment
250
Registered
2025-05-13
Start date
2025-02-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

depression: BDI, see further diagnoses below depression: BDI trauma: LEC-5 psychoses: CIDI addictions: CAGE suicide: SBQ-R effortreward imbalance: ERI burnout: MBI psychotic symptoms: PSQ work ability: WAI

Interventions

Group 1: The study will involve collecting blood and urine samples, as well as water and wastewater samples, socioeconomic data, health status, risk behaviour, generating of photographs of hands and f

Sponsors

Institut für Psychiatrische Phänomik und Genomik (IPPG)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Workers from 5 selected tanneries randomly selected from a total of 26 tanneries

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Workers from non-selected tanneries

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The objective of this study is to measure the occupational exposure of workers to toxic chemicals and to relate the exposure with psychological strain.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
-To assess the occupational exposure of tannery workers and to measure the level of trace metals in blood, urine, skin, drinking and wastewater and animal skin produce. - To assess occupational exposure of tannery workers skin and to photo-document the skin of the hand & feeds. - To assess the psychological strain and mental disorders on employees in the leather industry. - To assess the effect of socio-economic factors, working conditions and exposure to trace metals on mental health of employees.

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactJuliane Kahl

Institut für Psychiatrische Phänomik und Genomik (IPPG)

Juliane.Kahl@med.uni-muenchen.de+49 89 4400 55546

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026