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@article{A.S. Wantamutte, N.D. Zingade, M.D. Mallapur, M.S. Shivaswamy_2010, title={Morbidity Pattern in Textile Weavers of Urban Belgaum: A Community Based Cross Sectional Study}, volume={2}, url={https://www.updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/rrst/article/view/495}, abstractNote={<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Objective</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>To study the morbidity pattern in adult textile weavers. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Study Design</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">: Community-based cross sectional study</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Period of the study</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>one year (November 2004 to October 2005)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Study participants:</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> 377 adult textile weavers residing in Khasbag, Belgaum</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Setting</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">: Khasbag urban field practice area of J. N. Medical College, Belgaum</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Analysis</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">: Frequency distribution in EXCEL 2000 Software</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Results:</span></strong><span style="font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> The most common morbidities found were noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) - 125 (33.2%), followed by dental stains – 109 (28.9%), hypertension 81 (21.5%), acid peptic disorders - 75 (19.9%), sleep disorders - 69 (18.3%), dental caries<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>- 67 (17.8%), backache - 63 (16.7%), myalgia / fatigue - 60 (15.9%), URTI - 58 (15.4%) and anemia -35 (9.3%).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; tab-stops: center 2.75in right 5.5in left 6.25in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 110%; font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Keywords</span></strong><span style="line-height: 110%; font-family: ";Arial Narrow";,";sans-serif";; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">: Textile weavers, Morbidity, Noise induced hearing loss </span></p>}, number={8}, journal={Recent Research in Science and Technology}, author={A.S. Wantamutte, N.D. Zingade, M.D. Mallapur, M.S. Shivaswamy, Deepti M. Kadeangadi*,}, year={2010}, month={Oct.} }