Firth H, Herbison P, McBride D, Feyer A M
New Zealand Environmental and Occupational Health Research Centre, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Otago Medical School, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 2001 Sep 28;114(1140):426-8.
To describe the health of farmers in Southland.
Coss-sectional study of a random sample of farmers in Southland.
586 individuals were interviewed from 286 farms with a response rate of 65.4%. The prevalence of at least one injury in the last twelve months which prevented normal farm work was 17.1%. Low back pain was common with 54.6% reporting such an episode in the last twelve months. Noise-induced hearing loss was prevalent among men with 28.7% of those 45 years and over being affected. Levels of asthma appeared low with a point prevalence of 6.8%, with 4.6% on medication. There were 19.3% of male farmers who were obese. The prevalence of alcohol use disorder among men aged 15-24 years was 57.4%, and 39.0% among farm workers. Similarly, 32.0% of men in this age-group smoked, with 35.6% of farm workers being smokers.
Farmers experienced high levels of injury, low back pain and noise-induced hearing loss. Community intervention programmes to prevent injury remain a priority for farmers, although lifestyle factors should also be addressed, particularly among farm workers.
描述南地农民的健康状况。
对南地农民随机样本进行横断面研究。
从286个农场中访谈了586人，应答率为65.4%。在过去十二个月中至少有一次伤害导致无法正常从事农活的患病率为17.1%。腰痛很常见，54.6%的人报告在过去十二个月中有过此类发作。噪声性听力损失在男性中普遍存在，45岁及以上男性中有28.7%受影响。哮喘发病率较低，点患病率为6.8%，4.6%正在接受药物治疗。19.3%的男性农民肥胖。15 - 24岁男性中酒精使用障碍的患病率为57.4%，农场工人中为39.0%。同样，该年龄组中32.0%的男性吸烟，农场工人中35.6%吸烟。
农民遭受高水平的伤害、腰痛和噪声性听力损失。预防伤害的社区干预计划仍是农民的首要任务，不过生活方式因素也应得到解决，特别是在农场工人中。
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