CORRELATION OF WORKING DURATION WITH LOW BACK PAIN ON DRIVER TAXI X PEKANBARU

Abstrak

Low back pain (NPB) is a pain that is felt in the lumbar or lumbosacral areas can be either local pain, radicular pain, or both, and is not a diagnosis of the disease. Almost all populations experience NPB so that it becomes a common health problem in the world. Half of the workers are thought to have experienced NPB. According to the initial survey, more than two-thirds of taxi X drivers experienced NPB. This type of study was quantitative observational with a cross-sectional design, the amount of sample was 43 respondents. The study aimed to determine the relationship between the length of work with the incidence of lower back pain (NPB) of taxi X drivers Pekanbaru. Data analysis was used univariate and bivariate analysis by Chi-square test. The results obtained p-value = 0.008 and PR = 2.917 (95% CI = 1.462-5.819) which means there was a relationship between the length of work with NPB on taxi drivers X Pekanbaru. Taxi drivers who have worked > 8 hours have a risk of 2,917 times more likely to experience NPB compared to those who have worked ≤ 8 hours. The conclusion of the study there was a relationship between the length of work with the NPB on taxi drivers X Pekanbaru which was a risk factor.