Engelsk titel: Low use of drugs among farmers
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Författare:
Bårnes HU
;
Riise T
Email: trond.riise@isf.uib.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 12
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 06021624
Sammanfattning
BACKGROUND : Farmers have a higher prevalence of depression compared to workers with other occupations. We wanted to investigate whether this corresponds to a more frequent use of antidepressants among farmers and to investigate their use of medication in general.
MATERIAL AND METHOD : The study population consisted of 20 166 workers aged 40-47 years from the general population, including 398 farmers and 713 part-time farmers, from a population-based health study carried out in a Norwegian county. In addition to type of occupation and use of medical drugs, mental (HADS) and physical (SF-12) health, life-style factors, height, weight and blood pressure were measured.
RESULTS : The farmers reported significantly lower use of antiperessants and also a significant lower use of medical drugs in general compared with other groups. Their physical health was significantly better compared with other occupational groups and they had a lower consumption of alcohol and tobacco. There were no marked differences in the blood pressure or body-mass index.
CONCLUSION : The lower use of drugs could reflect better health, it could be related to a culturally-related reluctance to the use of drugs, or it could indicate that farmers in some instances are not receiving proper medical care.