A case-control study of the health status of male farmers registered at Ash Tree House Surgery, Kirkham Lancashire

A case-control study of the health status of male farmers registered at Ash Tree House Surgery, Kirkham Lancashire

The relative health status of 74 male working farmers registered at Ash Tree House Surgery, Kirkham, Lancashire, was compared with a control group taken from the same surgery. Medical records over a five-year period were analysed to reveal differences in the health status of the two groups. Overall...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 1999-03, Vol.119 (1), p.32-35
1. Verfasser: McCrone, J.C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Agriculture
Bacterial Infections - therapy
Case-Control Studies
Chi-Square Distribution
England
Family Practice
Health Promotion
Health Status
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nervous System Diseases - therapy
Occupational Diseases - therapy
Retrospective Studies
Skin Diseases - therapy
Virus Diseases - therapy
Wounds and Injuries - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:The relative health status of 74 male working farmers registered at Ash Tree House Surgery, Kirkham, Lancashire, was compared with a control group taken from the same surgery. Medical records over a five-year period were analysed to reveal differences in the health status of the two groups. Overall more farmers visited the surgery for acute consultations with the General Practitioner (GP) and significantly (using the chi-squared test for significance) less for health promotion (P
ISSN:1466-4240
1476-9042
DOI:10.1177/146642409911900106