Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 417-420
Assessment of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Young Healthy Females Working In Clinical Laboratory in Air Conditioner
Falguni Sharma1, Sambhaji B.Gunjal2
1BPT, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam College Of Physiotherapy, PIMS, Loni (Bk),413736, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
2Assistant Professor & PhD Scholar, Department of Cardio respiratory Physiotherapy, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PIMS, Loni (Bk), 413736, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding Author: Falguni Sharma
ABSTRACT
Background: In multinational industries in urban areas use of air conditioning (AC) systems, specifically central AC is supposed to be a necessary part of their luxurious life. Air-conditioners (AC) are devices/systems that are used indoors to cool air by reducing the humidity of the air following condensation of the water vapour. It has been observed that hyperventilation of cold dry air causes bronchoconstriction in asthmatic patients. Cold dry air is what we inhale while using AC’s hence alteration in pulmonary functions may also be simulated in AC users. Purpose of the study was to measure the Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in young healthy females working in air conditioned clinical laboratory.
Material and Method: 30 healthy young females with age between 20 to 40 years were included in the study by simple random sampling on the basis of selection criteria from clinical laboratory. The assessment of peak expiratory flow meter was done for the participants working in clinical laboratory in air condition. The procedure using peak flow meter is carried out for 3 times and the highest value from the three of peak cough flow is measured using the statistical method mean and standard deviation.
Result: The mean and standard deviation values of peak cough flow are calculated using statistical method. The mean of Peak Cough Flow is 313.75 l/min
Conclusion: This study concluded that peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) is reduced in healthy young females those who are working in clinical laboratory under exposure of air condition.
Keywords: Peak expiratory flow rate, Healthy females, Air condition, Clinical laboratory.
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