Mira Winarta¹, Azrul Azwar², Faisal Yunus³
- P2S K3 Hiperkes Medis, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
- Departemen Ilmu Kedokteran Komunitas Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
- Departemen Pulmonologi dan Ilmu Kedokteran Respirasi, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia – RSUP Persahabatan, Jakarta
Abstract
Background and method: A cross sectional study has been done to find out prevalence rate of respiratory obstruction due to exposure to jute’s dust and other risk factors that influence it, such as work place, age group, length of work, smoking habit, usage of personal protection device, clinical symptom and allergic history. This study has chosen 135 worker of jute factory at Tangerang as the sample. All of them were taken from 4 working unit. Data collecting was done through interview using Pneumobile Project Indonesia questionnaire, physical examination especially that is related to respiratory disorder, and measurement of lung function using spirometer. Examination of jute’s dust at work place used low volume dust sampler. Result and conclusion: Concentration of total jute’s dust in high exposure working place is 13.3 mg/m3, while in low exposure working place is 1.5 mg/m3, that statistically has significant different (p<0.05). The study also find out that the prevalence rate of chronic respiratory obstruction among the workers who work in high concentration dust environment is 25.9% and with low exposure is 2.8%. Statistically it is significantly different (p<0.05). Statistic test show a significant relation ship between occurrence of chronic respiratory obstruction disease and dust concentration, while there is no relationship between occurrence of chronic respiratory obstructive disease and age group, length of work, education level, height of body, smoking habit, use of personal protection device, previous clinical symptom and allergic history. The prevalence rate of acute respiratory obstruction among the workers who work in high concentration dust environment is 11.1%, while in low concentration dust environment is 3.7%. Statistically has not significant different (p>0.05). There are no relationship between acute respiratory obstructive disease and work place, age group, length of work, educational level, height of body, smoking habit, use of personal protection device, previous clinical symptom and allergic history. Analysis of smoking habit as risk factor and its relationship with obstruction cannot be done since the prevalence rate of smoking habit is low (1.5%). ( J Respir Indonesia. 1999;19(1):11-21)
Keywords: jute dust, lung function