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Citation

Joo Y, Roh S. Environ. Health Toxicol. 2016; 31: e2016018.

Affiliation

Center for Farmers' Safety and Health, Dankook University Hospital, Cheon-an, Chung-nam, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology)

DOI

10.5620/eht.e2016018

PMID

27608717

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with depression and suicidal ideation in a rural population.

METHODS: A survey was conducted with 543 farmers from Chungcheongnam province using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) for depression, Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) for social support, Swedish Q16 for neurotoxicity symptoms and Park, Kim, and Chon's survey tool for farmer's syndrome.

RESULTS: After adjusting for socioeconomic factors using logistic regression analysis, poor self-rated health, low social support and neurotoxicity were positively associated with the risk of depression (OR=9.14 95%CI=1.61-52.01, OR=3.51 95%CI=1.29-9.51, OR=3.68 95%CI=1.08-12.57, respectively). The risk of suicidal ideation significantly increased with low social support, neurotoxicity and farmer's syndrome (OR=2.28 95%CI=1.18-4.40, OR=6.17 95%CI=2.85-13.34, OR 3.70 95%CI 1.51-9.07, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: Given the overall results of this study, there is a need to establish programs which can improve the health and social relationships of farmers. Also, when farmers have neurological symptoms from pesticide exposure and characteristic symptoms of farmer's syndrome, a monitoring system for depression and suicide must be made available.


Language: en

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