HUBUNGAN PEMAKAIAN ALAT PELINDUNG DIRI (APD) DENGAN KEJADIAN INFEKSI SALURAN PERNAPASAN AKUT (ISPA) PADA PETANI DI KELOMPOK TANI DI DESA KRAMAT SUKOHARJO KECAMATAN TANGGUL KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

The background of this research is the prevalence of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI). URTI is one of Infectious Disease which has became national priority. This research intends to analyze the correlation between the using of PPE with possible risk of URTI to the farmers in the farmer's population at Jember Regency on Tanggul Subdistrict. This research is designed with an Observational Analytic using cross-sectional approach. The population of this research is 11.259 and for 41 respondents are used as sample. The result shows a correlation between the usage of Personal Protective Equipment with cases of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection is relatively different, that is 32 (94.1%) for those who aren’t infected by URTI and 1 (14.3%) for the infected one. Then the total for the farmers who use PPE is 33 while for those who doesn’t and uninfected by URTI is 2 (5.9%) and the infected is 6 (85.7%). So, there are 8 farmers who don’t use PPE, means that the more farmers use personal protective equipment, then the rate of who is infected by URTI in the farmer's population at Jember Regency on Tanggul Subdistrict will be the less. The data is analyzed by using chi-square with 5% of alpha, and p value = 0.007. the conclusion from this research is an illustration of PPE usage, that is, nasal mask is used by most of farmers. It could be seen from amount of the infected farmer is 7 (17.1%). Odd ratio is in level 0.134.