• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.93-102
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• 1993

The symptoms of farmer's syndrome that occurred to Korean farmers are due to the specific characteristics of Korean agriculture, and the basic reasons are poverty and less-privileged rural cultural life originated from social and political conditions. Then the purposes of this study are to investigate farmer's syndrome of farmers and to get substantial data to make a strategy that could prevent diseases. The results are as follows: 1. The most common symptom was lumbago(83.0%) among the 7 kinds of symptoms of farmer's syndrome. And it was more common among women who deliver babies and also work house chores and 10 farms than men(p<0.05). 2. The numbers of symptoms of farmer's syndrome increased as age increases and, 71.4% of those aged 70-79 complained some of the symptoms. 3. The accident rate due to agricultural machine was significantly higher in men than women(p<0.05). By frequency contusion was the most common trauma, fall, fracture were the nexts, and the age group with highest accident rate(40%) was those aged 20-29. 4. To see the significantly correlated factors between faemer's syndrome and sociodemo graphic variables, the more the numbers of family members were, the more lumbago and the less heartburn occurred. And the less gross income was the more frequent nocturnal urinary frequency occurred, and the wider the farming land was the more frequent noctural urinary frequency occurred. 5. As result of correlation coefficient between the numbers of illnesses and sociodemographic variables, the larger the family was and the larger the farming land was the more illnesses the subjects had, and those without spouses had more illnesses.

• 월간낙농육우
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• 제27권7호통권303호
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• pp.192-197
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• 2007

• 한국농촌생활과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.19-31
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to compare the consciousness health status and food habit for farmers in Korea. Eight hundred persons were surveyed by rural leader of RDA, composed with 35.1% of male and 64.9% of female. Data collection includes height weight and blood pressure by measuring method and personal & family situation by interview for influential factor of health status and food habit. The questionnaire was included dietary habit of salt, sugar, dietary fiber and fat intake and other behavior questions related with diet. The subjects were composed 32.5% of elementary school graduated and 50% of middle size farming. Of the all subjects, 54% of were rice planted farming mainly and 19 were over 65 year-aged group. In the concept of disease prevalence. gender difference was exist, liver and heart complains were more frequency in male and waist pain and urinary complain in female, shoulder pain and nervousness were frequently prevalent to all group of farmers. The hypertension prevalence of farmers were 16% by measuring blood pressure, but consciousness of hypertension was very low (5%). The correlation of health status with personal factors were analysed, body weight, number of family, education level, and working level were significant with CMI score and Farmers' syndrome score. The food habit status was negatively correlated with weight and BMI, age was negatively correlated with CMI score and farmers' syndrome. The consciousness of health status and food habit score were significantly correlated with smoking and alcohol drinking. It concludes that good food habit contribute wellness of health. Nutrition education for better food habit would be helpful on health status.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 1991

Musculoskeletal disorders are a major cause of occupational disabilities. Approximately thirty percent state that the major reason for an inability to work is a musculoskeletal problem. A farm work is associated with increased stress and trauma to joints. Chronic overuse injuries are a result of stresses that exceed the body's adaptive or healing capabilities. They can occur in bone, tendons and muscle-tendon-bone junctions. The aim of the investigation was to the study the frequency of pain, ache, and discomfort in the musculoskeletal system among farmers, to find possible correlations between these symptoms and various working positions and different working actions. A questionnaire was answered by 138 farmers. Of those who answered the questionnaire 82% had pain and discomfort from back, shoulders, arms in orders, The result showed that musculoskeletal pain predominate in the farming seasons, and of those who had pain and discomfort 89% thought that farm works had a correlation with the pain and discomfort of musculoskeletal system. But only 17% of quationnaire were put to periodic medical examinations, and 50% of those who had pain and discomfort consulted a doctor. Education in effective pain treatment should therefore be intensifide to ascertain that farmers in rural areas have satisfactory knowledge of the musculoskeletal pain as a chronic overuse syndrome.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.313-322
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• 2020

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the incidence and risk factors of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in farmers compared to the general population and to establish 5-year prediction models. Methods: The farmer cohort and the control cohort were generated using the customized database of the National Health Insurance Service of Korea database and the National Sample Cohort, respectively. The participants were followed from the day of the index general health examination until the events of MI, stroke, or death (up to 5 years). Results: In total, 734 744 participants from the farmer cohort and 238 311 from the control cohort aged between 40 and 70 were included. The age-adjusted incidence of MI was 0.766 and 0.585 per 1000 person-years in the farmer and control cohorts, respectively. That of stroke was 0.559 and 0.321 per 1000 person-years in both cohorts, respectively. In farmers, the risk factors for MI included male sex, age, personal history of hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, creatinine, metabolic syndrome components (blood pressure, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol). Those for stroke included male sex, age, personal history of hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, high γ-glutamyl transferase, and metabolic syndrome components (blood pressure, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol). The prediction model showed an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.735 and 0.760 for MI and stroke, respectively, in the farmer cohort. Conclusions: Farmers had a higher age-adjusted incidence of MI and stroke. They also showed distinct patterns in cardiovascular risk factors compared to the general population.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2009

이 연구는 농촌주민들의 건강증진행위, 건강문제, 지각된 건강상태, 농부증에 대해 알아봄으로써 농촌주민을 위한 맞춤형 건강증진프로그램 개발에 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 시도되었다. 연구대상자는 전국 보건진료소 1,875개소 중 지역별 임의표출한 19개 보건진료소의 농촌지역에 거주자 637명을 대상으로 이루어졌으며, 2006년 2월 6일부터 2월 27일까지 자료수집을 실시하였다. 자료 분석 방법은 SPSS 12.0을 이용하여 서술적 통계, 평균과 표준편차, Pearson Correlation Coefficient로 분석하였다. 이 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 농촌주민의 건강증진행위 평균평점은 2.23점으로 나타났으며, 하위영역별로 영양이 2.42점, 영적성장 2.33점, 대인관계 2.30점, 스트레스관리 2.19점, 건강책임이 2.17점, 신체활동이 2.07점으로 가장 적게 수행하는 것으로 나타났다. 농촌주민의 신체계통별 건강문제에서는 근골격계에 대한 건강문제가 가장 많은 것으로 나타났으며, 그 다음이 피로, 눈 귀, 심장혈관계, 소화기계, 신경계, 비뇨생식기계, 호흡기계, 피부의 순으로 나타났고, 농부증 양성율이 98.4%로 나타났으며, 여성이 남성보다 농부증 점수가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 농촌주민의 지각된 건강상태는 보통, 1년 전과 비교 시 마찬가지이다, 하고 싶은 것이 있으나 건강상태에 약간의 문제가 있다, 동년배와 비교했을 때 건강상태가 '비슷하다'에 응답율이 가장 높았고 지각된 건강상태의 평균점수는 8.54점으로 나타났다. 농촌주민의 건강증진행위, 건강문제, 지각된 건강상태와 농부증 간의 상관관계에서는 건강증진 행위와 지각된 건강상태 간에 유의한 양의 상관관계가 있었고, 건강증진행위와 농부증 간에 유의한 음의 상관관계가 있었다. 건강문제와 지각된 건강상태 간에 유의한 음의 상관관계, 건강문제와 농부증과도 유의한 양의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 지각된 건강상태와 농부증간에 유의한 음의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 농촌주민의 다양한 건강문제와 농부증 발생률을 감소시키고 건강증진행위를 증진시키기 위해서는 지역 환경적인 요소를 고려한 농촌주민을 위한 맞춤형 건강증진프로그램의 개발 및 실시가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2020

Background: Exploratory study to investigate whether co-exposure to physical wrist stressors and chemicals is associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in French male farmers and agricultural workers. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 711 men aged 30-65 years and working as either farmers or agricultural workers in 2009-2010 within a cohort covered by the French Agricultural Workers' and Farmers' Mutual Benefit Fund. CTS and exposure to physical wrist stressors and chemicals were assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. Associations between CTS and personal/medical factors, exposure to physical wrist stressors, exposure to chemicals, and co-exposure to physical wrist stressors and chemicals were studied using multivariate logistic regression models. Results: Forty-four men {5.6% [95% confidence interval (CI) 4.0-7.7]} reported that they had suffered from unilateral/bilateral CTS during the last 12 months. CTS was associated with age, current smoking [odds ratio (OR) = 2.1 (1.0-4.5)], and exposure to physical wrist stressors [OR = 2.6 (1.1-5.9)]. An association was found between CTS and co-exposure to physical wrist stressors and chemicals [OR = 3.3 (0.8-14.3), p = 0.044] in comparison with the no-exposure group. Conclusions: This exploratory study shows an association of CTS with exposure to biomechanical wrist stressors in male farmers and agricultural workers and suggests an association of CTS with co-exposure to physical wrist stressors and chemicals. Owing to the limitations of the study, this result must be confirmed by a prospective study with objective assessments of the outcome and exposure before drawing conclusions on the possible synergistic effects of mechanical stressors and chemicals on the impairment of the median nerve.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 1999년도 제51차 추계 학술대회 연제집
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• pp.230-231
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• 1999

• 월간낙농육우
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• 제22권9호통권245호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2002

소에서는 임신말기 또는 분만후 여러 가지 원인에 의해 기립불능을 일으켜 착유를 어렵게 하거나 심지어는 기립불능상태가 장기가 지속되어 도태됨으로써 농가에 많은 손실과 어려움을 가져다 주고 있다. 이것을 소의 분만후 기립불능증후군('Downers' cow syndrome)이라고 하며 이러한 기립불능을 일으키는 원인들은 어떠한 것들이 있으며 이에 대한 대책은 어떻게 세워야 할지 알아보고자 한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1499-1512
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• 2014

The purposes of this study are to assess pig farmers' preference for highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) vaccine, and estimate the cost and benefit of PRRS vaccination in Vietnam. This study employed an integrated epidemiological and economic analysis which combined susceptible-infectious-recovered (SIR) model, choice experiment (CE) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) together. The result of SIR model showed the basic reproduction number ($R_0$) of PRRS transmission in this study is 1.3, consequently, the optimal vaccination percentage is 26%. The results of CE in this study indicate that Vietnam pig farmers are showing a high preference for the PRRS vaccine. However, their mean willingness to pay is lower than the potential cost of PRRS vaccine. It can be considered to be one of the reasons that the PRRS vaccination ratio is still low in Vietnam. The results of CBA specified from the whole society's point of view (Social perspective), the benefits of PRRS vaccination are 2.3 to 4.5 times larger than the costs. To support policy making for increasing the PRRS vaccination proportion, this study indicates two ways to increase the vaccination proportion: i) decrease vaccine price by providing a subsidy, ii) provide compensation of culling only for PRRS vaccinated pigs.