A Survey on General Health Status of Paddy Field Workers in Mazandaran Province using the GHQ-28 Questionnaire

Sharifirad, Mohsen; poursaeed, Alireza; Lashgarara, Farhad; Mirdamadi, Seyed Mehdi

doi:10.52547/sjimu.29.3.72

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Volume 29, Issue 3 (8-2021)

Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences 2021, 29(3): 72-81

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A Survey on General Health Status of Paddy Field Workers in Mazandaran Province using the GHQ-28 Questionnaire

Mohsen Sharifirad¹

, Alireza Poursaeed ^*

², Farhad Lashgarara¹

, Seyed Mehdi Mirdamadi¹

1- Dept of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Dept of Agricultural Extension and Education, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran , a_poursaeed@yahoo.com

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Introduction: Paddy farming has been reported as one of the most important causes of non-fatal injuries and occupational accidents among farmers. The ignorance of the health of farmers can cause harm to farmers and lead to disability. As a result, these health consequences can result in less exploitation and economic growth in households. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the general health status of paddy field workers in Mazandaran province, Iran.

Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study evaluated 384 paddy farmers in Mazandaran province, Iran, who were selected using stratified random sampling. The required data were collected using the standard questionnaire of GHQ-28 with four domains of somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and symptoms of depression. The obtained data were then analyzed using SPSS software (version 25) through Spearman, Kendall, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests.
Findings: The highest number of participants in this study was in the age group of 50-59 years with a mean age of 46.9 years. According to the results, the total general health score was obtained at 64.3% for the subjects. Moreover, the scores of four areas of general health were determined at 91.1% (depression symptoms), 73.4% (social dysfunction), 48.7% (anxiety symptoms and insomnia), and 47.1% (somatic symptoms) in descending order.

Discussions & Conclusions: The general health of the studied population was not in a good range. In addition, the most observed disorder in the general health of paddy farmers was related to the symptoms of depression, followed by somatic symptoms.

Keywords: General-Health, Mazandaran, Paddy field

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Received: 2020/10/25 | Accepted: 2020/10/31 | Published: 2021/09/1

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