The prevalence of depressive symptoms and risk factors among Iowa and Colorado farmers

Background Farmers have been previously reported to have higher rates of depression and suicide compared to other occupations. Comparisons of depressive symptoms and risk factors for states should increase understanding of depression in farmers. Methods Representative samples of 385 Iowa and 470 Col...

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Published in:American journal of industrial medicine 2000-04, Vol.37 (4), p.382-389
Main Authors: Scarth, Robert D., Stallones, Lorann, Zwerling, Craig, Burmeister, Leon F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Factors
Agriculture - economics
Agriculture - legislation & jurisprudence
Agriculture - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
CES-D
Colorado - epidemiology
Depression
Depression - epidemiology
depressive symptoms
farm
farming
Health Status
Humans
Income
Iowa - epidemiology
Life Change Events
Logistic Models
Male
Marital Status
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mood disorders
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
rural
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
USA, Colorado
USA, Iowa
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Summary:Background Farmers have been previously reported to have higher rates of depression and suicide compared to other occupations. Comparisons of depressive symptoms and risk factors for states should increase understanding of depression in farmers. Methods Representative samples of 385 Iowa and 470 Colorado male principal farm operators in the respective state Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance projects were evaluated for depressive symptoms by using the CES‐D scale. Risk factors were determined by using weighted multiple logistic regression analyses. Results Iowa farmers were 1.74 times (P 
ISSN:0271-3586
1097-0274
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200004)37:4<382::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-4