Agricultural injuries among older Kentucky farmers: The farm family health and hazard surveillance study

被引:1
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作者
Browning, SR
Truszczynska, H
Reed, D
McKnight, RH
机构
[1] Univ Kentucky, Albert B Chandler Med Ctr, Dept Prevent Med, Lexington, KY 40536 USA
[2] Univ Kentucky, Ctr Comp, Acad Comp Serv, Lexington, KY USA
关键词
agriculture; epidemiology; injuries; occupational risk; surveillance; safety;
D O I
10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199804)33:4<341::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-X
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
This population-based study reports the cumulative incidence of agricultural injuries during a 1-year period in a sample of 998 farmers aged 55 years and older living in Kentucky A total of 98 farm-related injuries were reported among 88 older farmers for a crude injury rare of 9.03 injured farmers per 100 farmers (95% confidence interval (CI) = 7.03-11.03) over a 1-year period. The lending external causes of farm injury were falls (24.9%), machinery (22.5%), wood-cutting (14.6%), and animal-related events (14.3%). Farmers working on farms with beef cattle (alone) (odds ratio = 1.90; 95% CI = 1.02-3.55) or farms with beef cattle and tobacco (odds ratio = 2.15; 95% CI = 1.00-4.59) had a statistically significant increased risk for a farm-related injury. Farmers reporting a prior injury that limited their ability to farm were at increased risk for a farm-related injury. Approaches to using farm injury surveillance data for injury control programs in the stare are discussed. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页码:341 / 353
页数:13
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