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Risk factors for machinery-related injury among Iowa farmers: A case-control study nested in the agricultural health study
- Title
- Risk factors for machinery-related injury among Iowa farmers: A case-control study nested in the agricultural health study
- Authors
- Sprince, NL; Park, H; Zwerling, C; Lynch, CF; Whitten, PA; Thu, K; Gillette, PP; Burmeister, LF; Alavanja, MCR
- Ewha Authors
- 박혜숙
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 박혜숙
- Issue Date
- 2002
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ISSN
- 1077-3525
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 332 - 338
- Keywords
- agriculture; farm machinery; injuries
- Publisher
- HANLEY &
BELFUS INC
- Indexed
- SCIE; SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Farm machinery is a major cause of injury morbidity and mortality among farmers. This case-control study assessed risk factors for machinery-related injuries among Iowa farmers. A screener questionnaire sent to 6,999 farmers in 1998 identified 205 farmers who had machinery-related injuries requiring medical advice/treatment in the previous year. Possible risk factors for injury were assessed among these farmers compared with 473 farmers with no injury in the previous year. A multiple logistic regression analysis showed significant associations between machinery related injury and hours per week spent on farmwork (OR = 2.02; 95% CI 1.38-2.94), fewer years of farming experience (OR = 1.79; 95% CI 1.14-2.79), wearing a hearing aid (OR = 4.37; 95% Cl 1.55-12.25), and a high CAGE score suggesting problem drinking (OR = 2.49; 95% CI 1.00-6.19). This is the first study to show associations between machinery-related injury and hearing impairment, problem drinking, and fewer years of farming experience. These findings may be useful for future interventions to decrease injuries related to farm machinery.
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