Publication: Chemical Pesticide Use and Quality of Life of Rubber Farmers in the Northeast of Thailand
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nippanon, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sriruacha, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tantriratna, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Phajan, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Suwannaphant, K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laohasiriwong, W | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-26T06:25:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-26T06:25:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | Nippanon P,1 SriruachaC,2 Tantriratna P,1 Phajan T,3 Suwannaphant K,3 Laohasiriwong W1 1Faculty of Public Health, 2Department of Health Administration, Health Promotion, Nutrition, 3Siridhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Background Chemical pesticide has known to have impacts on human health and environment. However, there are limited studies on chemical pesticide use has influence on quality of life (QOL) of rubber farmers in Thailand. Objective To determine the pesticide use and its association with quality of life of rubber farmers in the northest region of Thailand. Method This cross sectional study recruited the total of 362 samples by using a multi- stage random sampling from eight provinces in the Northeast of Thailand. A self- administered questionnaire was developed and used to collect the data. The multiple logistic regressions were used to determine the association between chemical pesticide use and quality of life when controlling other covariates, presenting adjusted odd ratio, 95% CI and p-value. Result Of the total 362 respondets, 66.57% of rubber farmers used chemical pesticides, only 32.60% had good quality of life (95% CI:27.75 - 37.45%). The multivariable analysis indicated that those who did not use chemical was associated with having good quality of life (adj. OR = 2.19; 95% CI = 1.34 to 3.58, p-value =0.002). Similarly, other factors associated with good quality of life were; working 6-7days/week (adj. OR = 1.75; 95% CI = 1.05 to 2.91, p-value = 0.031), had good attitude on rubber farming (adj. OR= 1.83; 95% CI: 1.071 to 3.14, p-value = 0.027, had low to moderate levels of stress (adj. OR=1.73; 95% CI: 1.017 to 2.67, p-value= 0.042) and had low level of knowledge on occupational health in rubber farming (adj. OR=1.66; 95% CI: 1.01 to 2.72, p-value = 0.044). Conclusion Most of the farmers used chemical pesticides, only one-third had good quality of life. Chemical pesticide use as well as work load, psychological factors and awareness on occupational health problems had influence on quality of life. KEY WORDS Chemical pesticide use, Quality of life, Rubber farmers | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/3262 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.subject | Chemical pesticide use | |
| dc.subject | Quality of life | |
| dc.subject | Rubber farmers | |
| dc.title | Chemical Pesticide Use and Quality of Life of Rubber Farmers in the Northeast of Thailand | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 8 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 3 | |
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