HUBUNGAN POSISI BEKERJA PETANI LANSIA DENGAN RESIKO TERJADINYA NYERI PUNGGUNG BAWAH DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SUMBERJAMBE KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

The emergence of the risk of low back pain on the erderly farmers influenced by incorrect position in the working (not ergonomic). In this case, the erderly farmer was exacerbated by a degenerative process that occurs. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between the position of elderly farmers working with the risk of low back pain in the working area of the health center Sumberjambe, Jember. This study is a crosssectional research with 95 samples acquired by cluster sampling method. Data were collected by using measurement by questionnaire about the risk of lower back pain and questionnaires working position. The results of the score position of the old farmer who worked an average of 90.60, and 56.8% showed of elderly farmers working not ergonomics. It caused the risk of low back pain on elderly farmer,there are 54.7% of elderly farmers had an average score of 106.91, in the meaning that they are at risk for lower back pain. The position of elderly farmers working contributed 35,1% to the occurence of the risk of low back pain. Simple linear regeression test was used to analyze the data with p values below 0.0001 which is under of α value (0.05). The coefficient of determination is 0.351 with r value of 0.593, that means there is a significant correlation between the variables. It shows that the roles of the Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) in agriculture should be improved by socializing working ergonomic through health education, for health care system on elderly farmers in the working area of the health center Sumberjambe, Jember.