Farm Work-Related Injury among Middle School Students in Rural China
| Autor: | Huiyun Xiang, Seungdo Yu, Guanmin Chen, Michael S. Jaung, Lorann Stallones, M. W. Postel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Rural Population Sleep Wake Disorders China medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent animal diseases education Developing country Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Risk Factors Occupational Exposure Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Injury prevention Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio medicine Accidents Occupational Humans Child Students Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Socioeconomics Schools business.industry Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Agriculture Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Physical therapy Wounds and Injuries Female Rural area General Agricultural and Biological Sciences business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 15:129-142 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7846 |
| DOI: | 10.13031/2013.26800 |
| Popis: | Farm work-related injuries are considered an important issue facing rural area adolescents. However, little research has been done in developing countries, including China. This study evaluated agricultural work-related injuries among Chinese middle school adolescents, focusing on the potential association between farm work hours, sleep patterns, school-related stress, and farm work-related injuries. This cross-sectional study surveyed 1,551 middle school students in Hunan Province who reported working on farms. The surveys assessed their involvement in farm work, sleep patterns, school activities, and farm work-related injuries during a three-month recall period. The cumulative incidence of farm work-related injury was 15.6% among the 1187 students who reported working on a farm. Average days per month farming, number of pesticide applications per month, sleep disturbances, and school-related stress were significantly associated with farm work-related injuries (p0.05). Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that after adjusting for possible confounding effects of age, gender, and farm work days per month, sleep disturbance (less than 7 hours of sleep: OR = 2.36, 95% CI = 1.07-5.22; awakening at night and having trouble falling back to sleep: OR = 2.70, 95% CI = 1.36-5.37; having nightmares: OR = 2.24, 95% CI = 1.18-4.24) and school-related stress (difficult homework: OR = 2.45, 95% CI = 1.21-4.99; extra homework assigned often by parents: OR = 3.62, 95% CI = 1.88-6.97; and scolded/chastised by parents for poor school performance: OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 1.75-3.65) were statistically significant risk factors for farm work-related injuries (p0.05). |
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