Summary of depressive symptoms used as outcome measurements
| Reference | Results obtained | Impact of outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Beseler et al10 | Depression due to doctor’s diagnosis was not significantly related to low (OR 1.09; 95% CI 0.91 to 1.31) cumulative exposure | − |
| Levin et al23 | Anxiety score of the pesticide applicators was significantly higher (p<0.05) than that of the farmers. However, there was no significant difference in measures of depression | ++ |
| London et al24 | Dizziness, sleepiness and headache had a significantly higher overall neurological symptom score (p<0.05) | ++ |
| Misra et al26 | Common symptoms were headache (59%), giddiness (50%), ocular symptoms (27%) and paraesthesia (18%), and no neurological change was seen | − |
| Ohayo-Mitoko et al27 | A significant change in symptom prevalence was found for the respiratory (2.48% CI (0.78% to 5.38%) and central nervous system (2.56% CI (0.99% to 6.62%), but in terms of skin symptoms and eye symptoms, there was no statistically significant change | ++ |
++, statistically significant (p<0.05); OR, Odds ratio; −, not statistically significant.