DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjds.2026.v13i03.001

Pages: 30-35

In order to understand and possibly educate petrol station pump attendants on the associated workplace dangers, related health issues, and safety practices while working, the current study set out to unravel the possible cardiopulmonary adjustments occasioned by the petrol station pump attendance service amongst subjects from Port Harcourt Metropolis The selection tools of purposive/snowball sample size techniques were adopted to recruit participants of this study. Exactly 60 consenting subjects were recruited for the study, making up 30 petrol station pump attendants and 30 non- petrol station pump attendants. Quantitative data obtained from the study were statistical screened using suitable tools of the IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 25.0. The present study revealed that, the socio-demographic profile of male filling station pump attendants (F-S-P-A) in Port Harcourt had non-significantly (p>0.05) increased systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) when compared to their other counterparts. Further, the ECG evaluation of the subjects showed comparatively reduced normal sinus rhythm but higher prevalence of abnormal ECG manifestations which amongst others include clockwise QRS Rotation (30%); right ventricular hypertrophy (23.33%) and left ventricular hypertrophy (13.33%) for the F-S-P-A subjects. The study also found that that FVC, FEV1 and FEV6 values that were significantly (p<0.05) decreased in the F-S-P-A subjects when compared to the non- F-S-P-A subjects. In conclusion, the petrol station pump attendance service amongst the surveyed subjects in Port Harcourt may have exerted risk-ladened adjustments in their cardiopulmonary profile; thus the need for caution over their health.