Table 5 Cardiovascular system outcomes
From: Bridging the knowledge gap! Health outcomes in informal e-waste workers
Study design, exposure, setting, time | Population/ participants | Measurements, Examination | Health outcome | |
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Cardiovascular system | ||||
Burns et al. [2016] | Cross-sectional: exposed e-waste worker (EWW), Ghana, May 2014 | Overall n = 57 male EWW | Questionnaire incl. Demographic information, self-reported health status, noise exposure, work-related stressors | The self-reported health status of the e-waste workers showed that 24,6% experienced tinnitus and 26.3% had difficulties hearing. 54.4% were always exhausted after work and 7% always suffered from shortness of breath as well as dizziness. 14% always experienced abnormal heart beating in the last 2 weeks. Diagnosed with high blood pressure were 12.3 and 3.5% with hearing loss. 95.9% were exposed to noise at work, while 35.1% were severely bothered by that. 45.6% of the workers reported to always be exposed to unfavourable physical conditions at work. |