DETERMINAN KELUHAN SUBYEKTIF PERNAPASAN BAGIAN ATAS PADA PEKERJA PENYAPU JALAN DI KOTA PALEMBANG TAHUN 2019
Daftar Isi:
- Upper respiratory complaints are a major health problem from the effects of air pollution. Air pollution from total suspended particulate dust (TSP) is one that is often referred to as particles floating in the air with a size of 1-500 microns. In 2019, there were 54 respondents who experienced upper respiratory subjective complaints in Palembang city on the protocol road area from 1-12 km. total dust including particles that can be absorbed by the respiratory system which can cause subjective upper respiratory complaints. The purpose of this study is to analyze whether there are relationship factors that cause subjective upper respiratory complaints in street sweeper workers in the city of Palembang. This study used a cross sectional design. 66 road sweeper workers based on total sampling technique. The results of bivariate analysis showed that there was a relationship between age (p-value = 0,000), work period (p-value = 0,000), and subjective upper respiratory complaints in street sweeper workers in Palembang city. Whereas there was no correlation between total suspended particulate concentration (p-value = 0.406), gender (p-value = 0.408), length of exposure (p-value = 0.477), and smoking habits (p-value = 1,000), with complaints subjective upper breathing in street sweeper workers in Palembang city. It can be concluded that there is a relationship between age, and working period with subjective upper respiratory complaints. It is recommended that street sweeper workers wear masks while working in an effort to prevent dust exposure by wearing masks routinely during work and preferably the environment and hygiene services of Palembang city in collaboration with a large health laboratory hall to routinely check total suspended particulate concentrations.