Bibliographic citations
Gayoso, M., (2013). Riesgo de pérdida de la agudeza auditiva asociada al ruido en los pilotos de la Policía Nacional del Perú durante el periodo 2008 – 2011 [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/3477
Gayoso, M., Riesgo de pérdida de la agudeza auditiva asociada al ruido en los pilotos de la Policía Nacional del Perú durante el periodo 2008 – 2011 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/3477
@mastersthesis{renati/491782,
title = "Riesgo de pérdida de la agudeza auditiva asociada al ruido en los pilotos de la Policía Nacional del Perú durante el periodo 2008 – 2011",
author = "Gayoso Vizcarra, Marco Antonio",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2013"
}
---Aim: To determine the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) between the pilots of the National Police of Peru during the Period 2008 – 2011 and what their associated factors. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design of we assess the medical, audiometric and flight hours records of all the pilots of the National Police of Peru who attended their annual medical checkup during the period 2008-2011 and analyzed them to determine their NIHL’ risk and associated factors. Results: A total of 149 drivers were studied being the majority of these men (95%), helicopter pilots (74%), superior officers (64%) with a mean age of 33 ± 7 years old and a average service time of 9 ± 5 years. Among the majority (62%) develop some degree of NIHL throughout their career, been the most frequent diagnosis PAAAR possible (39%) and PAAAR likely (16%), and the less frequent positive PAAAR (6%) and acoustic trauma (1%). At the risk analysis we found a statistically significant association (p<0.05) between NIHL with flying airplanes (16 % vs. 32 %; Odds ratio [OR], 2.85; Confidence interval [CI] 95%, 1.12-5.95) and have a greater number of flight hours x 100 (14.9 ± 9.3 vs. 23.5 ± 10.7; OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.04-1.13). Also we found a marginally significant association (p <0.20) between NIHL with superior military rank (33% vs. 45%; OR, 1.61; 95% CI, 0.81-3.20) piloted three or more different models (29% vs. 19%; OR, 1.64; 95% CI, 0.81-3.36), years of age (33.2 ± 6.3 vs. 36.0 ± 9.7; OR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.02-1.15) and years of service (8.6 ± 5.2 vs. 11.0 ± 6.5; OR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.15). However, in the multivariate regression analysis we found that the NIHL risk among pilots was significantly associates only with fly airplanes (aOR, 4.44; 95% CI, 1.66-11.9), higher military rank (aOR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.07-0.68), and flying hours x 100 (aOR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.08-1,23). Conclusions: The pilots from the Peruvian National Police are at high risk of NIHL, which increases significantly for every 100 flying hours and by flying aircraft compared to flying helicopters, but it decreases significantly among senior officers as compared to junior officers. Keywords: Noise-induced hearing loss, pilots, policeman, Peru, risk factors.
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