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Citation

Sprince NL, Zwerling CS, Lynch CF, Whitten PS, Thu K, Logsden-Sackett N, Burmeister LF, Sandler DP, Alavanja MC. J. Agric. Saf. Health 2003; 9(1): 5-18.

Affiliation

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, 124 IREH-Oakdale Campus, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000, USA. nancy-sprince@uiowa.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Society of Agricultural Engineers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12673912

Abstract

The purpose of this case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study was to assess risk factors for agricultural injury among a large group of Iowa farmers. A questionnaire sent to 6,999 farmers identified 431 cases who had a farm work-related injury requiring medical advice/treatment in the previous year and 473 controls who had no injury in the previous year. We assessed several potential risk factors for injury. A multiple logistic regression analysis showed significant associations between farm work-related injury and weekly farming work hours (> or = 50 hours/week) (OR = 1.65; 95% CI = 1.23-2.21), the presence of large livestock (OR = 1.77; 95% CI = 1.24-2.51), education beyond high school (OR = 1.61; 95% CI = 1.21-2.12), regular medication use (OR = 1.44; 95% CI = 1.04-1.96), wearing a hearing aid (OR = 2.36; 95% CI = 1.07-5.20), and younger age. These results confirm the importance of risk factors identified in previous analytic studies and suggest directions for future research in preventive intervention strategies to reduce farm work-related injuries.

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