HUBUNGAN KANDUNGAN SULFATE SABUN CUCI MOBIL DENGAN KEJADIAN DERMATITIS KONTAK IRITAN (DKI) PADA PEGAWAI CUCI MOBIL DI KOTA MALANG
Daftar Isi:
- Nerdenaesti, Aliyyudestrina Windya. 2019. The Correlation between Sulfate Content of Car Wash Soap and The Incidence of Irritant Dermatitis Contact towards The Employees of Car Wash in Malang City. Undergraduate Thesis, Medical Faculty of University Muhammadiyah Malang. Advisor(I) Dwi Nurwulan Pravitasari* Supervisor(II) Ruby Riana Asparini** Background: Contact dermatitis in Indonesia has the highest percentage 97% of 389 dermatitis cases, which 66.3% are Irritant Contact Dermatitis (ICD) and 33.7% are Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD), with a ratio in the work area of 4: 1. About 80%-90% of ICD cases are caused by exposure to chemicals and solvents. Chemical which is commonly used as one of ingredients of soap is sulfate that enables to be used as cleanser, this initiating the sulfate includes into both in household and industrial needs, consequently the long term daily used causes irritation for skin. Research Objectives: Identifying the correlation of sulfate content of car wash soap with the incidence of ICD towards the employees of car wash in Malang City. Research Methods: Observational analytic with cross-sectional design, using purposive sampling technique. Data collection was carried out by questionnaires which analyzed using Chi-Square. Results and Discussions: The number of respondents in this study was 84 respondents with DKI incident towards car wash employees around Malang City is 47 respondents with the sulfate content of <1% as many as 21 respondents and sulfate content of >2% as many as 26 respondents. Chi-square test results showed no significant relationship (p> 0.05) between the history of skin disease as a risk factor for the incidence of irritant contact dermatitis, while the factor of PPE use had a significant relationship (p <0.05) as a risk factor for incidence of irritant contact dermatitis. Conclusion: There is a relationship between sulfate content of car wash soap with the incidence of ICD towards the employees of car wash in Malang City. Keywords: Sulfate, Soap, ICD. *Lecturer, Dermatology and Venereology Departement, Medical Faculty of Muhammadiyah Malang University **Lecturer, Plastic Surgeon, Medical Faculty of Muhammadiyah Malang University