Mental health among the sugarcane industry farmers and non-farmers in Peru: a cross-sectional study on occupational health.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe the occupational characteristics of farmer and non-farmer workers and investigate critical occupational risk factors for mental disorders in sugarcane farmers in Peru.

Method

We conducted a cross-sectional study with occupational health and safety focus among farmers and non-farmers. Mental disorder symptoms were evaluated through the local validated version of the 12-Item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). We explored the association between mental disorder symptoms, work conditions and known occupational risk factors (weekly working hours, pesticide exposures, heat stress and heavy workload). Negative binomial regression models were fitted, and 95% CIs were calculated.

Results

We assessed 281 workers between December 2019 and February 2020. On

SUBMITTER: Bazo-Alvarez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature