Exposición a disolventes orgánicos y alteraciones cognitivas en los trabajadores de empresas automotriz de pintura de la ciudad de Portoviejo

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between exposure to organic solvents and cognitive alterations in the personnel of automotive paint companies. Method: It will be a study with a correlational, cross-sectional, analytical and non-experimental scope. Population of 80 workers. Instruments: questionnaire of sociodemographic characteristics, record of environmental monitoring of companies, cognitive test Neuropsi, attention and memory. The Helsinki principles of professional medical, research and ethics will apply. Expected results: Expecting as results, that a large number of workers in the city of Portoviejo, suffer from cognitive alterations in different degrees, according to the chronicity of exposure to organic solvents used. Implications: it is intended to benefit society in general through a scientific contribution as a tool in our environment. In addition, it will promote a guideline for decision-making in the field of OHS in the workers of automotive paint companies. And for these companies, provide a contribution to their administrative provisions generating care for their own by creating healthy environments and even the community in general. The strengths of this study will be its rapid applicability, once the necessary material resources are obtained; and will also provide original contribution in the scientific-epidemiological field in our environment. The limitations of this study will be: probably there are no records of the determinations of biological and environmental surveillance in the automotive paint companies, so it would be considered for the classification