Keywords
Working Period
Working Duration
Working Position
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Abstract
Background: Low Back Pain (LBP) is pain that occurs in the lower back originating from the spine, namely in the spinal area or found in the lower back, muscles, nerves, and other structures. There are risk factors that have the potential to cause Low back pain (LBP) including individual factors such as age, gender, smoking habits, body mass index and physical fitness, work factors such as years of service, length of work, work attitude and workload, while for environmental factors such as pressure and vibration.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between length of service, duration of work, and work position with complaints of Low Back Pain (LBP) in sewing workers at PT. Pekalongan Sitting Elephant
Method: This research is a quantitative research, cross sectional research design. Sampling by purposive sampling with 70 respondents. The population in this study are workers in the sewing section at PT. Pekalongan Sitting Elephant
Results: The results of this study are that there is a relationship between work position and low back pain complaints among sewing workers at PT. Gajah Dut Pekalongan from the results of bivariate analysis using the Chi-Square test obtained a p value of 0.09 <0.05 .
Conclusion: There is no relationship between duration of work and complaints of low back pain in sewing workers at PT. Gajah Dut Pekalongan from the results of bivariate analysis using the Chi-Square test obtained a p value of 1.000> 0.05. There is a relationship between working period and low back pain complaints among sewing workers at PT. Gajah Duduk Pekalongan from the results of bivariate analysis using the Chi-Square test obtained a p value of 0.023 <0.05. To reduce and or prevent complaints of Low Back Pain in workers it is recommended to stretch the muscles for 3 hours.