Author: Indasah1
1Institute of Health Science of Surya Mitra Husada, Kediri
Abstract
The use of pestiside which did not qualify the regulation could cause poisoning. The aim of this study was to analyze the factor which influenced organophosphate of poisoning the pesticide on onion farmers in Nganjuk, East Java, Indonesia by using cross sectional design. 160 farmers were selected as the sample size by using simple random sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed by using Spearman Rho, Chi-square, Contingency coefficient, and ordinal regression. The result of Spearman Rho test was p-value = 0. 882 (for the factor of working hours), p-value = 0.949 (for age factor), and p-value = 0.777 (for education factor). The result of Chi-square was p-value = 0.164 (for duration of exposure of pesticide spray), p = value 0.244 (for pesticide active materials). The result of ordinal regression was p-value = 0.002 (for personal hygiene and the duration of exposure which caused poisoning). Furthermore, the farmers should use pesticide based on the proper regulation. In addition, health professionals periodically gave a seminar and medical check for them. Besides, the government also supervised them in the use of pesticide.
Key words: Farmers, pesticide poisoning, duration of exposure, personal hygiene.
