X-ray fluoroscopy results of health checkups of employees in Pingdingshan City from 2013 to 2017

Objective: Through the analysis of chest X-ray fluoroscopy in the industry medical examination to understand the health status of food and public health workers in Pingdingshan City and the situation of X-ray fluoroscopy radiation protection in order to provide a scientific basis for X-ray fluoroscopy to play a greater role in the industry medical examination. Methods: The positive results of chest X-ray findings of practitioners in Pingdingshan City from 2013 to 2017 were retrospectively analyzed, and statistical analysis was performed by using descriptive epidemiology. Results: A total of 72, 020 physical examinations were conducted between 2013 and 2017, with 1, 456 positive cases and the a positive rate was 2.02%. Among them, 78 cases of active tuberculosis were detected with the positive rate of 0.11% (78/72 020). There was no statistical significance in the difference of positive rate of active tuberculosis between years (χ² = 0.928, P = 0.920). The difference in positive rate between gender (χ² =12.268, P < 0.001), age (χ² = 346.204, P < 0.001) and education level (χ² = 14.629, P < 0.001) was statistically significant. The positive rate was higher in males, ≥ 60 years old, with junior high school education. Conclusions: There is a great need to standardize the health medical examination work of employees, apply the X-ray examination reasonably, increase the detection rate of active tuberculosis, curb the spread of tuberculosis through practitioners effectively, and protect the health of communities. (authors)