Distribution of acute pesticide poisoning (APP) and related covariables across three farming systems among 256 applicators
| Study variables | N | % | Farming systems | |||||
| Small-scale irrigated farms (n=171) | Large-scale open farms (n = 26) | Large-scale greenhouses (n= 59) | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| Prevalence of APP | 41 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 32 |
| Frequency of poisoning | ||||||||
| One time | 29 | 71 | 17 | 100 | 4 | 80 | 8 | 42 |
| Two times | 9 | 22 | – | – | 1 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| Three times | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 16 |
| Away from work due to poisoning | 26 | 63 | 10 | 59 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 74 |
| Receiving treatment after poisoning | 24 | 59 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 60 | 16 | 84 |
| Hospital admission after poisoning | 11 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 37 |
| Pesticide cause of the poisoning | ||||||||
| Do not remember/know | 17 | 42 | 3 | 18 | – | – | 14 | 74 |
| Spiroxamine | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 16 |
| Malatine | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Endosulfan | 5 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 40 | – | – |
| Profenofos | 9 | 22 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 20 | – | – |
| BN3* | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 10 |
| Chlorpyrifos | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 | – | – |
| Lambda-cyhalthrin | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 | – | – |
↵*Biological control agent bitoxibaccilin (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis).