Association Between COPD Symptoms and Psychological Distress Among Farmers

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• Personal Author:
  Heaton, Karen ; Kham-ai, Prasert ; Li, Peng
• Description:
  Background: Farmers have an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and psychological distress. The potential role of psychological distress in worsening COPD symptoms has been reported among the general population, but no studies have examined this relationship among farmers with COPD, which is the purpose of this study. Methods: This study used the data from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Farmers reporting both psychological distress and COPD symptoms were included in this study (n = 239). Both unadjusted and adjusted logistic regressions were used to explore the association among psychological distress, age, health status, smoking, and COPD symptoms, with crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% CIs reported. Findings: The unadjusted analysis suggested that COPD symptoms were significantly associated with psychological distress among farmers (OR = 2.05 [1.18, 3.58]). While adjusted models showed the significant association between COPD symptoms and psychological distress among farmers after controlling for smoking, age, and health status (adjusted OR = 2.08 [1.10, 4.01]). Conclusion/Implications for Practice: These results suggest that psychological distress is associated with an increased risk of COPD symptoms in farmers, which is consistent with observations from studies in non-farmers. Occupational health professionals need to provide screen for COPD among farmers as well as psychological distress screening and mental health promotion among farmers with COPD. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Farmers Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Respiratory Disease COPD Farmer Mental Health Farmer Respiratory Problems Farmers Health Mental Health Occupational Health Psychological Distress Psychological Effects Respiratory Diseases

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067176
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2023 Feb; 71(2):89-95
• Contact Point Address:
  Prasert Kham-ai, MSN, RN, School of Nursing, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1701 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294-1150, USA
• Email:
  prasert@uab.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd6d09be62b606ab8f32dcce0b87601eb11c325cc722fe34775ef0f7e77194ac580b62fc90b4d2a4749b1dec78a8eb2aae7d5136f71a4d6f38539de4fd32ee02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230618/cdc_230618_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.48 KB ]