Lung Health in Farming: A Scoping Review

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Table 1. Inclusion/Exclusion criteria.

Population	Concept	Context
Human participants (any sex) – over the age of 18 years	Published studies, research papers, policy, or guidelines between 2010–2020 focusing on lung health, lung disease, lung decline, reduced lung function or respiratory symptoms in the farming/agricultural population.	Research articles are limited to developed countries and regions including United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Continental Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Farmers, farm employees, farm labourers, agricultural occupation, and agricultural employees.	Original research articles using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods design.	All farming and agricultural settings are considered.

Table 2. March 2021 scoping review search strategy.

Topic/Question	‘What is the current available evidence relating to lung health and farming?’
Searchstrategy	Keywords/concepts	Synonyms/alternative terminology
	S1: Farming	‘farming’ OR ‘farmer’ OR ‘farming community’ OR ‘farmer community’ OR ‘farm worker’ OR ‘farm employee’ OR ‘agriculture’ OR ‘agricultural employee’ OR ‘agricultural worker’	1,577,097
	S2: Lung Health	‘Lung health’ OR ‘respiratory health’ OR ‘pulmonary health’ OR ‘respiratory health promotion’ OR ‘lung health promotion’ OR agricultural health promotion’ OR ‘farmer lung health promotion’ OR ‘farmer health’ OR ‘farmer health promotion’ NOT ‘lung cancer OR lung neoplasm OR lung tumours OR lung adenocarcinoma OR cancer’.	55,931
	S3 Lung Disease	‘Farmer’s lung’ OR ‘hypersensitivity pneumonitis’ OR ‘fibrosis’ OR ‘pulmonary fibrosis’ OR ‘COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’ OR ‘asthma’ OR ‘lung disease’ OR ‘respiratory disease’ OR ‘pulmonary disease’ OR ‘breathlessness’ OR’ ‘dyspnoea’ OR’ shortness of breath’ OR ‘breathing diseases’	1,345,733
	S1 AND S2 AND S3		788
Limitsapplied	2010–2021, peer reviewed, academic journal articles, English language.		233
	Farmers, farm employees, agricultural workers, agricultural contractors, Individuals <18yrs of age, Human Subjects, Male, Female.		Inclusion Criteria
	Individuals >18yrs of age. Animal Subjects. Population not focused on farming or agricultural background or employment sectors.		Exclusion Criteria

Figure 1. PRISMA 2009 flow diagram.