Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37443418›Full record

ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2023

Self-reported respiratory health symptoms and respiratory protection behaviors of young adult hog producers in the United States.

Jenna L Gibbs, Carolyn Sheridan, David Sullivan, Risto Rautiainen, Matthew W Nonnenmann, Todd A Wyatt

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in American journal of industrial medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jenna L GibbsAg Health and Safety Alliance™, Greenville, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3445-1371
Carolyn SheridanAg Health and Safety Alliance™, Greenville, Iowa, USA.
David SullivanAg Health and Safety Alliance™, Greenville, Iowa, USA.
Risto RautiainenCentral States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7295-5277
Matthew W NonnenmannCentral States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Todd A WyattCentral States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH)U54OH007548 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FETHKE, NATHAN B · 2011 to 2025
$24.6M
BLRD VA IK6 BX003781BLRD VA IK6 BX005962NIOSH CDC HHS U54 OH010162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND

methodsIn this study, we evaluated self-reported respiratory symptoms during agricultural work, respiratory protection use and experience, and perceived value of receiving respirators using Gear Up for Ag Health and Safety Program™ pre- and post-surveys from 703 to 212 young adult hog producers in the United States. To our knowledge, this is one of the most extensive survey data sets on self-reported respiratory symptoms and respiratory protection behaviors of collegiate-aged young adults working in US livestock production.

resultsAbout one-third (37%) of young adult hog producers stated that they have experienced cough, shortness of breath, fever, and chills after working in dusty areas on the farm. Most (76.2%) stated that they were already "always" or "sometimes" wearing filtering facepiece (N95-style) respirators, even before participating in an outreach program. About one-third (30%) reported experience wearing a cartridge-style respirator but only 5% reported having been fit-tested for a respirator. Young adult male producers were significantly more likely to report use of both respirator types when compared to females, both before and after the program. Male producers were also more likely than females to engage in high-risk farm tasks where respirators are recommended, such as cleaning out grain bins and mixing or grinding feed. Following an educational program, males and females reported using the respirators that they received at similar rates, and 20% of overall participants purchased additional respiratory protection. DISCUSSION: The study found that young adult hog producers in postsecondary education are already wearing respirators with some frequency and at rates higher than previously reported by agricultural workers. More research is needed to make effective task-based respirator-use recommendations and investigate some significant gender differences among young adult hog producers observed in this study.

Indexed as

Occupational ExposureRespiratory Protective DevicesAgedAgricultureAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesSwineUnited StatesYoung Adultagriculturegendergrain handlinglivestockoccupationaloutreachrespiratorrespiratory healthrespiratory protectionswine

Identifiers

PMID37443418
PMCPMC11265510
OpenAlexW4384277163

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.