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 < 0.005 showed that the variable was correlated with the health problems, including excessive fatigue ( value = 0.041), excessive saliva ( value = 0.006), hard breathing ( value = 0.021), frequent urination ( value = 0.047), blurred vision ( value = 0.059), dizziness ( value = 0.032), and finger pain ( value = 0.007). The significance value ( < 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.