Risk Factors of Liver Dysfunction among Pesticide Spraying Farmers: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
Pesticides used by farmers can be sabsorbed into the body, in the long term will accumulate and caused liver dysfunction. This study aimed at determining the risk factors for liver dysfunction in pesticide spraying farmers. The population of this study was 55 pesticide spraying farmers in Gowa Regency with a sample size of 48 farmers. The data collected through a questionnaire to measure (age, tenure, knowledge, personal hygiene, PPE, duration and frequency of spraying) and the liver function tests in the laboratory. More than 60.4% of farmers had a liver dysfunction. Personal hygiene, the duration of spraying, and the use of PPE became the dominant risk factors of liver dysfunction.Personal hygiene, a long duration of spraying more than 2 hours per day, and incomplete use of PPE is a potential major to be the risk factor for liver dysfunction.