Pesticide Poisoning and the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Indonesian Farmers

Pesticide Poisoning and the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Indonesian Farmers

This study aimed to investigate the poisoning symptoms occurring in pesticide-exposed farmers. This study was conducted in a red onion farming center area in Wanasari Subdistrict, Brebes, Indonesia, from May to June 2018. This study was designed as the descriptive study. The significance value of p&...

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Published in:Journal of environmental and public health Vol. 2020; no. 2020; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors: Joko, Tri, Dangiran, Hanan L., Dewanti, Nikie A. Y
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2020
Hindawi
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Hindawi Limited
Subjects:
Agricultural equipment
Agriculture
Confidence intervals
Farmers
Health aspects
Health problems
Health risks
Insecticides
Pain
Personal protective equipment
Pesticides
Poisoning
Protective clothing
Protective equipment
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Saliva
Urination
Indonesia
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Summary:This study aimed to investigate the poisoning symptoms occurring in pesticide-exposed farmers. This study was conducted in a red onion farming center area in Wanasari Subdistrict, Brebes, Indonesia, from May to June 2018. This study was designed as the descriptive study. The significance value of p<0.005 showed that the variable was correlated with the health problems, including excessive fatigue (p value = 0.041), excessive saliva (p value = 0.006), hard breathing (p value = 0.021), frequent urination (p value = 0.047), blurred vision (p value = 0.059), dizziness (p value = 0.032), and finger pain (p value = 0.007). The significance value (p<0.005) of 0.000 showed that the use of personal protective equipment was correlated with the health problems. Based on the odds ratio value of 1.137, 95% confidence interval = 0.042–0.444 meant that the personal protective equipment was a risk factor of health problems. The results showed that 89.2% of the farmers who used the personal protective equipment were categorized in the healthy group.
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Academic Editor: Stefano Capolongo
ISSN:1687-9805
1687-9813
DOI:10.1155/2020/5379619