Hubungan antara perilaku duduk pengrajin ukir kayu dengan nyeri punggung bawah di Kecamatan Tegallalang, Gianyar, Bali

Pande Nyoman Dhandy Wirakesuma (Mahasiswa Pendidikan Dokter, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia)
Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri (Departemen Ilmu Kedokteran Komunitas dan Kedokteran Pencegahan (IKK/IKP), Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia)
Komang Ayu Kartika Sari (Departemen Ilmu Kedokteran Komunitas dan Kedokteran Pencegahan (IKK/IKP), Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia)

ISM (Intisari Sains Medis) : Jurnal Kedokteran
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2019): (Available online: 1 December 2019)

Background: Low back pain is one of the health problems that are often encountered in workers. Some risk factors for low back pain are non-ergonomic sitting position, duration of work, working period, and rest breaks. Woodcarving craftsmen in Pupuan Village have a risk to experiencing low back pain complaint. The purpose of this study is determine whether sitting behaviors is related to low back pain.Methods: An analytical observational study, designed in the form of a cross sectional study to determine the relationship between sitting behaviours with low back pain in Pupuan Village. Samples selected by a non-random consecutive sampling produced 69 samples and analysed using SPSS version 17.Results: Most respondents complained of back pain (89.1%), especially in the lower back (85.5%), after work (95.2%), and improved with changes in sitting position (95.2%). The results of the bivariate analysis showed a significant relationship between age, sitting position, duration of work, length of work, and rest periods with complaints of low back pain (P <0.05).Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between age, sitting position, duration of work, working period, and rest breaks with of low back pain complaint in wood carving craftsmen in Pupuan Village.