Effects of Occupational Health Interventions on Quality of life among Factory Workers in Oyo State

The study is on the effects of occupational health intervention on quality of life among factoryworkers in Oyo state. Although, there are existing studies on the factors influencing the healthrelatedquality of life to reduce the rate of occupational injuries, many surveys still reportinsignificant or no reduction in occupational hazards even with the introduction of healthinterventions. The study explored the Effects of Occupational health intervention on Quality oflife among factory workers in Oyo State.The study adopted Quasi-experimental design; Two hundred and twelve (212) industrialworkers were selected purposively as the participants of the study. One validated questionnairewas used to gather data for the research. This is: WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (r = 0.75).The data aggregated were analysed using Pearson correlation and t-test analysis.Relationship exist between occupational health interventions and the incidence of occupationalinjuries among the industrial workers (r = 0.529, p = 0.00). There is positive moderatesignificant relationship between occupational health interventions and the health-relatedquality of life of the industrial workers (r = 0.311, p = 0.000). Significant difference existsbetween level of health-related quality of life between the workers (intervention and controlgroups) and the mean difference is in favour of workers enrolled to health and safety trainings(intervention group) P-value of 0.017 and t-value of 2.41.The study suggested that: Quality, weather-sensitive and durable PPE should always beprovided for the employees by the managements and immediately replaced when worn out.