ArticleEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2019
Attitude toward livestock farming does not influence the earlier observed association between proximity to goat farms and self-reported pneumonia.
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- Increased risk of pneumonia amongst residents living near goat farms in different livestock-dense regions in the Netherlands.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Risk of pneumonia among residents living near goat and poultry farms during 2014-2016.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Living in the vicinity of pesticide-treated crop fields: Exploring associated perceptions and psychological aspects in relation to self-reported and registry-based health symptoms.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Risk of pneumonia in the vicinity of goat farms: a comparative assessment of temporal variation based on longitudinal health data.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) · 2023Article
- Contrasting perspectives on the risks of intensive livestock farming in The Netherlands: a survey study.Journal of risk research · 2023Article
- Untangling the Governance of Public Health Aspects of Manure in The Netherlands.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Use of Antibiotics among Residents Living Close to Poultry or Goat Farms: A Nationwide Analysis in The Netherlands.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Morbidity Rates in an Area with High Livestock Density: A Registry-Based Study Including Different Groups of Patients with Respiratory Health Problems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Observational
- Patients with overlapping diagnoses of asthma and COPD: is livestock exposure a risk factor for comorbidity and coexisting symptoms and infections?BMC pulmonary medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Attitudes toward environmental risks may be a source of bias in environmental health studies because concerns about environmental hazards may influence self-reported outcomes.
objectiveThe main aim was to assess whether earlier observed associations between proximity to goat farms and self-reported pneumonia were biased by participants' attitude toward farming.
methodsWe developed an attitude-score for 2,457 participants of the Dutch Livestock Farming and Neighbouring Residents' Health Study (veehouderij en gezondheid omwonenden) by factor analysis of 13 questionnaire items related to attitude toward livestock farming. Linear regression analysis was used to assess associations between attitude and potential determinants. The effect of attitude on the association between goat farm proximity and pneumonia was analyzed by evaluating (1) misclassification of the outcome, (2) effect modification by attitude, and (3) exclusion of participants reporting health problems due to farms in their environment.
resultsIn general, the study population had a positive attitude toward farming, especially if participants were more familiar with farming. Older participants, females, ex-smokers, and higher-educated individuals had a more negative attitude. Both self-reported respiratory symptoms and exposure to livestock farms were associated with a more negative attitude. Misclassification of self-reported pneumonia was nondifferential with regard to participants' attitude. Furthermore, no indication was found that the association between proximity to goat farms and pneumonia was modified by attitude. Excluding subjects who attributed their health symptoms to livestock farms did also not change the association.
conclusionsThe association between goat farm proximity and pneumonia was not substantially biased by study participants' attitude toward livestock farming.
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