THE PREVALENCE OF SYMPTOMS FROM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AMONG AGRICULTURISTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META ANALYSIS
Keywords:
occupational health, exposure, pesticide, symptom, agriculturistAbstract
Thailand imports large quantities of agricultural hazardous substances. A lot of farmers utilize agricultural chemicals, and these pesticides affected the farmers’ health from their occupation. In addition, previous studies show the prevalence of pesticides’ toxicity although the agriculturists were using personal protective equipment. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the prevalence of pesticide toxicity on exposure to pesticides among agriculturists and meta-analysis for each system. The selection criteria were full text-article from the primary data collection and were published in the journal article by online database of Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science and ThaiJo. There were 6 studies met inclusion criteria for the analysis and reported adverse effects from work-related pesticides poisoning. The results indicated that the pool-prevalence of adverse effects was 29.01% (95%CI: 24.13-34.14). Of 8 system/organ, the highest prevalence found in musculoskeletal system (46.91%; 95%CI: 42.00-51.88), nervous system (33.86%; 95%CI: 32.38-35.36), cardiovascular system (30.64%; 95%CI:26.10-35.59), mental health (28.47%; 95%CI:26.10-30.98), respiratory system (27.37%; 95%CI:24.66-30.25), gastrointestinal system (20.20%; 95%CI:17.71-22.95), integumentary system (19.52%:17.32-21.93). The highest pesticide toxicity on exposure among agriculturists of each system was muscle pain, exhaustion, irregular heartbeat, anxiety, lacrimation, runny nose, stomachache, and dermatitis, respectively.
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