Evaluation of Dermatologic Life Quality Among Cleanroom Workers in a Secondary Battery Factory
September 2016
in “
Annals of occupational and environmental medicine
”
TLDR Cleanroom workers in a battery factory have worse skin and eye conditions due to the very dry environment.
In a study from September 2014 to September 2015 involving 501 cleanroom workers and 157 non-cleanroom workers in a secondary battery factory, it was found that cleanroom workers had significantly lower dermatologic life quality as measured by the Skindex-29 questionnaire. Cleanroom workers scored higher (indicating worse conditions) in all domains: Symptoms (16.0±15.9 vs. 6.3±10.2), Emotion (11.3±17.4 vs. 2.5±7.4), Function (5.2±11.1 vs. 1.6±4.0), and Overall (10.8±13.4 vs. 3.5±6.2), with p < 0.001. Despite a higher prevalence of dermatologic diseases among cleanroom workers (7.4%) compared to non-cleanroom workers (5.7%), the difference was not statistically significant. The study concluded that the ultra-low humidity environment in cleanrooms negatively impacts workers' skin and eyes, suggesting the need for preventive care and regular evaluations to prevent skin conditions from worsening.
