Complaints of Low Back Pain in Tailors

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the musculoskeletal disorders as a result of incorrect ergonomics. The impact caused by low back pain is bad posture, stiffness, pinched nerve, and muscle weakness. This study aims to determine the relationship between ages, years of service, length of sitting, work posture, and the chair’s ergonomics with complaints of low back pain in tailors at Pasar Petisah, Kota Medan, with 35 workers based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The research tools are interviews, observations, and filling out questionnaires. This sampling technique is used purposive sampling methods. Data were analyzed using the STATCAL application with a 5% chi-square test. Based on the result, we concluded that there is a long relationship between ages (p=0,02), years of service (p=0,04), length of sitting (p=0,01), and work posture (p=0,03) with the occurrence of low back pain tailors. Tailors in the Petisah Market in Medan City are at risk for complaints of low back pain based on age, long years of service, a risky length of sitting, and a risky work posture. If the workers ignore low back pain, the impact is the emergence of serious problems such as stiffness in the spine, fractures, pinched nerves, and can even cause death.

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“…These results are in line with research conducted by Siregar et al (2021) who said that the results of the chi-square statistical test obtained a p value of α (0.023 < 0.05), thus it can be seen that Ha is accepted, meaning that there is a relationship between working hours and complaints of skin disorders among fish traders. (Siregar et al, 2021) Research conducted by Ahmad et al (2020) shows that exposure time has a relationship with complaints of skin disorders among fish traders with a significance value of (0.000). (Ahmad et al, 2020) Each worker has a different exposure time.…”

“…These results are in line with research conducted by Anggraini and Utami (2022), which showed that the Fisher's exact test p-value = 0.020 was smaller than 0.05, which means that there is a relationship between the use of PPE and the incidence of dermatitis. (Anggraini & Utami, 2022) In line with research conducted by Siregar et al (2021) where the results of data analysis obtained a chi-square of 10.417 with a probability of 0.001 < 0.05, which means that there is a significant relationship between the use of personal protective equipment and the incidence of dermatitis at fish sales places. (Siregar et al, 2021) Observation results at the research location show that many fish traders still underestimate the use of PPE.…”

“…(Anggraini & Utami, 2022) In line with research conducted by Siregar et al (2021) where the results of data analysis obtained a chi-square of 10.417 with a probability of 0.001 < 0.05, which means that there is a significant relationship between the use of personal protective equipment and the incidence of dermatitis at fish sales places. (Siregar et al, 2021) Observation results at the research location show that many fish traders still underestimate the use of PPE. There are still fish traders who do not use gloves and even if they do use gloves, most fish traders use cloth gloves, which of course will keep the skin on their hands always moist because of its waterabsorbing properties.…”

A Current Design Approach for Ming Chairs

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