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ArticleHuman and ecological risk assessment : HERA2024

Mental Health Disorders among Thai Farmers: Occupational and Non-Occupational Stressors.

Saisattha Noomnual, Pajaree Konthonbut, Pornpimol Kongtip, Susan R Woskie

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Article in Human and ecological risk assessment : HERA, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Mental health impacts of climate-related hazards among farmers: evidence from a community-based study.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026
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  2. Cardiovascular and Functional Consequences of Lung Function Impairment in Northern Thai Agricultural Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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Saisattha NoomnualDepartment of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 420/1 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-6875-638X
Pajaree KonthonbutDepartment of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 420/1 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-2616-747X
Pornpimol KongtipDepartment of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 420/1 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-3482-3705
Susan R WoskieDepartment of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, O'Leary Library Room 540, 61 Wilder St., Lowell, MA 01854, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0002-3482-3705

Funding

2/2-GEOHealth Hub-Improving Agricultural Health in Southeast Asia-USU2RTW010088 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI KONGTIP, PORNPIMOL, WOSKIE, SUSAN · 2015 to 2019
$1.4M
FIC NIH HHS U2R TW010088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to identify occupational and non-occupational factors that impact levels of stress, depression, and anxiety among farmers located in the northern part of Thailand, including the potential psychological impacts of pesticide use. The participants (N=270) were interviewed with a survey adopted and modified from peer-reviewed articles and questionnaires. The survey consists of four parts, including demographic information and pesticide exposure; perceived farm stressors employing Farm Stressor Survey (FSS); mental health disorder utilizing Srithanya Stress Scale (ST5), Nine-Questions Depression- Rating Scale (9Q), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS21); in addition to COVID-related stress utilizing COVID Stress Scale (CSS). The participants were categorized into two groups i.e., Spray and No Spray based on their self-reported occupational use of pesticide spraying within the past year. No significant associations were observed between occupational pesticide exposures and mental health disorder scores. Being female, having a second job besides a farmer, having applied pesticides for greater than 20 years, and having a higher farm stressor perception showed a significant positive association with self-reported mental health disorders; while having a good agricultural practice and PPE use showed a significant negative association with those outcomes. This pilot study scrutinized expanded sources of stress in farm work and provided information for the development of more effective mental disorder intervention programs for Thai farmers.

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farm stressorsgood health and well-beingmental healthpesticides

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PMCPMC11139011

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