A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists

Background and Aim: Symptoms of the "Darkroom Disease" amongst X-ray personnel are well reported. In this study, radiographers have been compared to physiotherapists to see if there is any link between the occurrences of symptoms with processing chemicals. The aim of this study was to find...

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Main Authors: E Jazayeri Gharebagh, M Abaszadeh Ghanavati
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-02-01
Series:پیاورد سلامت
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Online Access:http://payavard.tums.ac.ir/article-1-163-en.html
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spelling doaj-ef9ddc5273024275bbf8926337b07c642021-10-02T19:31:00ZfasTehran University of Medical Sciencesپیاورد سلامت1735-81322008-26652008-02-01125259A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapistsE Jazayeri Gharebagh0M Abaszadeh Ghanavati1 Background and Aim: Symptoms of the "Darkroom Disease" amongst X-ray personnel are well reported. In this study, radiographers have been compared to physiotherapists to see if there is any link between the occurrences of symptoms with processing chemicals. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of these symptoms amongst radiographers. Materials and methods: Sixty nine radiographers from 13 hospitals of Tehran Medical School University were compared with 72 physiotherapists from those hospitals. Respondents were asked to identify, by means of questionnaire, any of the symptoms like dermatitis, sore throat, allergy, shortness of breath etc., described as "Darkroom Disease" from which they suffer. Results: Data provided by this work demonstrated that radiographers suffered more from shortness of breath (P=0.013 & for men P=0.045), nausea (men P=0.049), and physiotherapists suffered more from catarrh (P= 0.044 & for men P=0.046), as well as joint pain (men P=0.04). Conclusion: The results from this preliminary work suggests that there is a link between using the processing chemicals and incidence of these symptoms like shortness of breath, nausea among radiographers (P< 0.05), and it seems that the incidence of dermatitis and the history of this disease are linked.http://payavard.tums.ac.ir/article-1-163-en.htmlchemicalssensitizationdarkroom diseasechemical hazardsfilm processing
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A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
پیاورد سلامت
chemicals
sensitization
darkroom disease
chemical hazards
film processing
author_facet E Jazayeri Gharebagh
M Abaszadeh Ghanavati
author_sort E Jazayeri Gharebagh
title A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
title_short A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
title_full A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
title_fullStr A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “Darkroom Disease” amongst X-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
title_sort comparative study on the incidence of symptoms known as “darkroom disease” amongst x-ray department personnel & physiotherapists
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series پیاورد سلامت
issn 1735-8132
2008-2665
publishDate 2008-02-01
description Background and Aim: Symptoms of the "Darkroom Disease" amongst X-ray personnel are well reported. In this study, radiographers have been compared to physiotherapists to see if there is any link between the occurrences of symptoms with processing chemicals. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of these symptoms amongst radiographers. Materials and methods: Sixty nine radiographers from 13 hospitals of Tehran Medical School University were compared with 72 physiotherapists from those hospitals. Respondents were asked to identify, by means of questionnaire, any of the symptoms like dermatitis, sore throat, allergy, shortness of breath etc., described as "Darkroom Disease" from which they suffer. Results: Data provided by this work demonstrated that radiographers suffered more from shortness of breath (P=0.013 & for men P=0.045), nausea (men P=0.049), and physiotherapists suffered more from catarrh (P= 0.044 & for men P=0.046), as well as joint pain (men P=0.04). Conclusion: The results from this preliminary work suggests that there is a link between using the processing chemicals and incidence of these symptoms like shortness of breath, nausea among radiographers (P< 0.05), and it seems that the incidence of dermatitis and the history of this disease are linked.
topic chemicals
sensitization
darkroom disease
chemical hazards
film processing
url http://payavard.tums.ac.ir/article-1-163-en.html
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