Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat
Vol 17, No 2 (2021)

Low back pain: Based on Age, Working Period and Work Posture

Rachmawati, Siti (Unknown)
Suryadi, Iwan (Unknown)
Pitanola, Rizka Diajeng (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Jan 2022

Abstract

Low back pain is one of the health risks for workers. Age, years of work and work posture that are not ergonomic are associated with complaints of low back pain. This study aims to determine the relationship between age, work period, and work posture on complaints of low back pain in rice mill workers. This study used an analytical observational study, with a cross sectional approach. Samples were taken of 50 respondents using total sampling. Research instrument with a questionnaire to determine data on age, years of service and assessment of complaints of low back pain. The RULA checklist method for measuring body posture. The data analysis technique used the Pearson test and multiple linear regression. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between age, years of service and work posture with complaints of low back pain with a p value 0.05. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between age, years of service and work posture with complaints of low back pain.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kemas

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

KEMAS Journal: Research Study in Public Health publishes the article based on research or equivalent to research results in public health or other disciplines related to public health that has not been loaded/published by other media. The journal contains articles about epidemiology and ...