Noise induced Hearing Loss Preventive practice towards noise induced hearing loss hearing loss
Conditions
Interventions
training and education program on noise induced hearing loss and prevention steps,Hearing conservation program (HCP) that includes:
• Safety and health policy
• Noise monitoring of fogging machine
hearing conservation program,control group
Sponsors
university of malaya
ministry of health malaysia
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Permanently employed and contract basis vector control workers under the Ministry of Health who are directly involved in fogging activities in the state of Perak. 2. Vector control workers working in the District Health Office (DHO) of Perak that are directly involved in fogging activities and able to read and understand Bahasa Malaysia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Vector control workers with hearing loss as due to other causes besides work such as ear infection, perforated tympanic membrane and other conductive hearing loss conditions. 2. Administrative staff that are not involved in fogging activity.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in hearing threshold level in decibels baseline (pre-intervention) and 3 month follow up (post-intervention) audiometry testing of bilatera ear | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in knowledge, attitude and practice of the vector control workers towards NIHL baseline (pre-intervention), 1 month post-intervention and 3 month follow up (post-intervention) validated questionnaire | — |
Countries
malaysia
Contacts
Public Contactrama krishna
university of malaya
Outcome results
None listed