Table 4.
Variables | Categories | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|---|
Use personal protective equipment | Never | 113 | 37.7 |
Sometimes | 106 | 35.3 | |
Always | 81 | 27.0 | |
Type of personal protective equipment used | Facemask | 15 | 5.0 |
Eye Google | 20 | 6.7 | |
Gloves | 113 | 37.7 | |
Cap | 20 | 6.7 | |
Gawn | 178 | 59.3 | |
Boots | 42 | 14.0 | |
Pants | 21 | 7.0 | |
Compliance with pesticide concentration | Yes | 104 | 34.7 |
No | 196 | 65.3 | |
Take bath after pesticide application | Yes | 218 | 72.7 |
No | 82 | 27.7 | |
Changing cloth before going home | Yes | 167 | 55.7 |
No | 133 | 44.3 | |
Follow pesticide label of instruction | Yes | 103 | 34.3 |
No | 197 | 65.7 | |
Safe pesticide container storage | Yes | 102 | 34.0 |
No | 198 | 66.0 | |
Eat and drink inside the workplace | Yes | 194 | 64.7 |
No | 106 | 35.3 | |
Considering wind direction during pesticide application | Yes | 106 | 35.3 |
No | 194 | 64.7 | |
Cigarette smoking | Yes | 1 | 0.3 |
No | 299 | 99.7 | |
Alcohol drinking | Yes | 8 | 2.7 |
No | 292 | 97.3 | |
Overall practices | Good | 184 | 61.3 |
Poor | 116 | 38.7 |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
Mean practices = 0.38 (SD ± 0.48).