Relationship between Work Posture and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Rice Farmers

Muhammad Akbar Salcha,Arni Juliani Arni Juliani

doi:10.36566/mjph/vol4.iss2/260

Muhammad Akbar Salcha, Arni Juliani Arni Juliani

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https://doi.org/10.36566/mjph/vol4.iss2/260

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Abstract

The agricultural sector has a fairly high health risk due to exposure to wrong work postures. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between work posture and symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in farmers in Lembang Nonongan Village, Sopai District, North Toraja Regency. This type of research is an analytic observational study with a cross sectional design. The sampling method is exhaustive sampling, with a total sample of 43 people. Data were collected using the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) sheet to measure work posture and the Nordic Body Map (NBM) sheet to measure the level of respondents' complaints. This study was analyzed using the chi square test with a 95% confidence degree (α=0.05). The results of this study indicate that the majority of rice farmers experience symptoms of MSDs with severe complaints as many as 31 people (72.1%) and work postures with high risk as many as 35 people (81.4%). There is a significant relationship between work posture and symptoms of MSDS (p-value=0.028). It is recommended that farmers when carrying out the process of lifting rice sacks that have a heavy load to use assistive devices so as not to exacerbate the high risk of MSDs.

Highlights

The agricultural sector has a fairly high health risk due to exposure to wrong work postures
The results of this study indicate that the majority of rice farmers experience symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with severe complaints as many as 31 people (72.1%) and work postures with high risk as many as 35 people (81.4%)
Ergonomi dan K3 Kesehatan dan Keselamatan Kerja

Summary

Hubungan Postur Kerja dengan Musculoskeletal Disorders pada Petani Padi

Relationship between Work Posture and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Rice Farmers. ABSTRAK Sektor pertanian mempunyai risiko kesehatan yang cukup tinggi diantaranya kesalahan postur kerja. Tujuan dari peneltian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan postur kerja dengan Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) pada petani di Desa Lembang Nonongan Kecamatan Sopai Kabupaten Toraja Utara. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan lembar Rapid Entire Body Assesment (REBA) untuk mengukur postur kerja dan lembar Nordic Body Map (NBM) untuk mengukur tingkat keluhan responden. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa petani padi mayoritas mengalami MSDs dengan keluhan berat sebanyak 31 orang (72,1%) dan postur kerja dengan risiko tinggi sebanyak 35 orang (81,4%). Terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara postur kerja dengan MSDS (p-value=0,028). Disarankan sebaiknya petani pada saat melakukan proses pengangkatan karung padi yang memiliki beban yang berat agar menggunakan alat bantu agar tidak berisiko tinggi terhadap MSDs. Kata kunci: MSDs, postur, kerja

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Findings

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