Cazé Ana Maria de Barros, Lacerda Adriana Bender Moreira de, Lüders Débora, Conto Juliana De, Marques Jair, Leroux Tony
Department of Communication Disorders, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
École d'Orthophonie et d'Audiologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Jan;23(1):50-59. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1639606. Epub 2018 Jul 5.
Tobacco farming exposes workers to various health risks due to the high application of pesticides needed to control pests, weeds and fungal diseases that prevent the tobacco plant growth. To analyze the perception of the quality of life of tobacco growers exposed to pesticides, with emphasis on general health, hearing, and working conditions. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach with farmers from southern Brazil. Data were collected from November of 2012 to November of 2014. For data collection, we opted for the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) questionnaire, and a questionnaire with closed questions about health, hearing and working conditions. We evaluated a total of 78 subjects; the study group, made up of 40 tobacco farmers exposed to pesticides, and a control group of 38 participants without occupational exposure to pesticides. Both groups are residents of the same municipality, and users of the federal public health system. The results showed that tobacco growers had lower quality of life scores compared with the control group. Significant differences were observed in the areas of pain and general health. There were correlations between physical elements and chronic diseases; hearing complaints and a lack of personal protective equipment use, occupation and hearing complaints, as well as general health and hearing complaints. Tobacco farming is a risky activity for general and hearing health, and it can impact the quality of life of those working in this field.
由于为控制害虫、杂草和防止烟草植株生长的真菌病害而大量使用农药，烟草种植使工人面临各种健康风险。
分析接触农药的烟草种植者对生活质量的认知，重点关注总体健康、听力和工作条件。
这是一项描述性横断面研究，采用定量方法，研究对象为巴西南部的农民。数据收集时间为2012年11月至2014年11月。在数据收集方面，我们选择了36项简短健康调查问卷（SF-36），以及一份关于健康、听力和工作条件的封闭式问题问卷。我们共评估了78名受试者；研究组由40名接触农药的烟农组成，对照组由38名无职业性农药接触的参与者组成。两组均为同一市镇的居民，且都是联邦公共卫生系统的使用者。
结果显示，与对照组相比，烟农的生活质量得分较低。在疼痛和总体健康方面观察到显著差异。身体因素与慢性病之间、听力问题与未使用个人防护设备、职业与听力问题以及总体健康与听力问题之间存在相关性。
烟草种植对总体健康和听力健康来说是一项有风险的活动，并且会影响从事该行业人员的生活质量。
