H U BU N G A N K A R A K TE R I S T I K I N D I V I D U D A N K O N D I S I K E R JA D EN G A N K EJA D I A N CARP AL T U N N EL S Y N D R O M E (C T S ) (S tu d i p a d a O p e r at o r K om p u te r War u n g I n te r n e t d i K e l u r ah an S u m b e r s ar i K a b u p ate n Je m b e r )

Abstract

he se

day s,

c ompute r

is w idely

used

in pe opl e ’ s dail y

li fe, from w orki ng to only

playing int e re sts . T he

v ariou s ac ti v it ies using

hands for long pe riod of ti me

are c losely

associated w it h the incide nc e

of C arpal

T unne l Sy ndrome

(CT S) . T his re se arch aims to anal y ze

the c orr e lat ion of

indi v idual

c harac terist ics and w ork sit uati on and C T S. T his

re se arch w as used

c ross se c ti onal me thod involv ing 78

re sponde nts

and used

od ds rati o ( OR ) to fi nd rate

of ris k . T he

re sult s of thi s re se arch

show

that

the OR

among

C T S and age

( OR

=

1,3 12 );

se x

( OR =

1,746 ) ; w ork pe riod ( OR =

2,132 ) ; side job, length of w o rk

( OR =

1, 415 );

and w ork stat ion.

In order to

low e r the possi bi li ty of

in c idenc e

of c arpal

tunnel sy ndrome

to c ompu ter ope rator s, it

is highl y

re c omm e nde d

that

w orking c ondit ion be

prope rly manage d. T he

prope r organi zati on and manage me nt include

organi zati on on w ork shif ts and f ac il it ies at

w orkstati on li k e

the he ig ht of c hairs , tabl e s, and

armre st w hich may

incre ase t he

ris k

of t he incide nc e of c arpal tunnel sy ndrome , respe c ti v e ly.