Prevalence of abnormal scores (T scores ≥63) for psychological distress assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) by number of poisonings, and adjusted ORs comparing poisoned to never poisoned banana workers
| BSI dimensions | Referents, N=130 | 1 Poisoning, N=43 | ≥2 Poisonings, N=35 | p Value (χ2 trend) | |||||
| Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%) | OR | Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%) | OR* | 95% CI | Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%) | OR* | 95% CI | ||
| Somatisation | 46 (35.4) | 1.00 | 23 (53.5) | 2.10 | 1.04 to 4.22 | 25 (71.4) | 4.57 | 2.02 to 10.33 | <0.001 |
| Obsessive-compulsiveness | 38 (29.2) | 1.00 | 18 (41.9) | 1.97 | 0.94 to 4.11 | 20 (57.1) | 3.40 | 1.56 to 7.43 | 0.007 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | 28 (21.5) | 1.00 | 13 (30.2) | 1.57 | 0.72 to 3.41 | 15 (42.9) | 2.75 | 1.24 to 6.11 | 0.036 |
| Depression | 38 (29.2) | 1.00 | 17 (39.5) | 1.58 | 0.77 to 3.25 | 19 (54.3) | 2.88 | 1.34 to 6.18 | 0.019 |
| Anxiety | 36 (27.7) | 1.00 | 18 (41.9) | 1.57 | 0.74 to 3.31 | 17 (48.6) | 2.25 | 1.03 to 4.89 | 0.034 |
| Hostility | 25 (19.2) | 1.00 | 14 (32.6) | 2.03 | 0.94 to 4.39 | 11 (31.4) | 1.93 | 0.83 to 4.44 | 0.111 |
| Phobia | 54 (41.5) | 1.00 | 24 (55.8) | 1.78 | 0.89 to 3.56 | 16 (45.7) | 1.19 | 0.56 to 2.15 | 0.264 |
| Paranoia ideation | 33 (25.4) | 1.00 | 10 (23.3) | 0.72 | 0.31 to 1.69 | 15 (42.9) | 2.21 | 0.98 to 5.00 | 0.092 |
| Psychoticism | 56 (43.1) | 1.00 | 20 (46.5) | 1.15 | 0.58 to 2.30 | 19 (54.5) | 1.57 | 0.74 to 3.32 | 0.494 |
| General severity index | 42 (32.3) | 1.00 | 23 (53.5) | 2.41 | 1.19 to 4.87 | 19 (54.3) | 2.79 | 1.30 to 6.00 | 0.005 |
↵* Adjusted for age, education, recent and cumulative exposure, alcohol, head injury, time of day of examination and examiner.