Effective Factors on Occupational Noise Protection Among Industrial Workers

Hearing protection is very important for workers in noisy work environments, although the willingness of workers to wear hearing protectors depends heavily on some factors. This study evaluated effective factors on use of hearing protection devices. A cross sectional study carried out on 396 randomly selected from among industrial workers at the Qom province, Iran. In workplaces the noise levels were above the safe limit of 85 dB. Data collected through a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. 331/396 (83.6%) of the workers used of hearing protection devices. 266/396 (67.2%) had high facilitation in their workplaces, 69/396 (17.4%) had employers` with education background higher than 12th grade, 296/396 (74.7%) passed health education period before employment. There were significant difference between above three factors and use of hearing protection devices.