Prevalence and Risk Factors of Pesticides Toxicity of Farmers in Sanpatong District, Chaingmai Province - ความชุกและปัจจัยเสี่ยงต่อพิษสารเคมีกําจัดศัตรูพืช ของเกษตรกรในอําเภอสันป่าตอง จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

Abstract

            The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and risk factors of pesticides toxicity in farmers. This was analytic cross-sectional study. Study on 161 farmers at catchment area in Sanpatong hospital, Chiangmai province. Data were collected in September to October 2017 by questionnaire and
blood test. It was found that farmers were 61.45 year old on average. Most of farmers were female, agricultural employee, no underlying disease, having history of using pesticides in the last 3-7 days and more than 7 days per month. The use of pesticides was for eliminating insects. The prevalence of pesticides
toxicity (acetylcholinesterase in risk/unsafe level) in farmers was 79.5%. Age, sex, occupation, underly ing disease and aim of using pesticide were not associated with pesticides toxicity in farmers. In contrast, the duration since the last use and number days per month for using pesticides were found to be risk factors of pesticides toxicity in farmers.
Key words: pesticide, pesticide toxicity, prevalence, risk factor, farmer