Occupational Dermatitis among the Hair Dressers of Selected Area of Dhaka City

Abstract

1.1. Background: Dermatitis among hairdressers has been recognized as a significant occupational health problem. 1.2. Objective: To assess occupational dermatitis among the hair dressers of selected area of Dhaka city was aim of this study. 1.3. Methodology: This was a cross sectional observational study conducted among randomly selected 116 hair dressers. 1.4. Results: Mean age was 26.69±8.565years. Among them 65.5% had primary level of education. About 62.1% had BDT within 10000 and rest had more than BDT 20000. Mean working duration was 10.53±7.47years. It was reported that majority 42.2% of the respondents had to serve up to ten clients per day, 26.8% served 11-15 clients and 31% had to serve more than 15 clients per day. Result found 76.7% had dermatitis lesions in their hands. Dry scaly plaque was found among 43.8% cases followed by hyper pigmentation (39.3%), erythematous plaque (11.2%) and vesicle & patch (5.6%). Lesions appeared mostly on lateral side of middle finger (71.9%), index finger (18%) and index & middle finger (10.1%). Significant association was found between dermatitis and duration of work (p<0.05). 1.5. Conclusion: Promotion of use of protective gloves among the hair dressers and further research is needed to explore the specific etiological factors of hairdresser's dermatitis.