Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: January-March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 116-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230115
Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Health Complaints of Waste Transportation Officers in Mamuju Regency
Fajar Akbar1, Miftah Chairani H2, Ekhi Widya3
1,2,3Department of Environmental Health, Health Polytechnic, Ministry of Health Mamuju, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Miftah Chairani H
ABSTRACT
Background: Personal hygiene is an important factor because if there is a problem with personal hygiene it will have an impact on one's health. The body will be susceptible to diseases such as skin diseases, infectious diseases, oral diseases and digestive tract diseases
Purpose: this study aims to determine the relationship between the use of protective equipment by waste collectors on health complaints in Mamuju district
Method: the research design used in this study was a cross-sectional study. The respondents in this study were garbage collectors in Mamuju Regency, totaling 124 respondents
Results: The test results show that the test of the relationship between the use of masks and the incidence of flu/cough by respondents has a p value of 0.80 > 0.05. while the relationship test of the use of protective clothing against complaints of itching has a p value of 0.52.
Conclusion: There is no relationship between the use of masks while working on the incidence of flu/cough, as well as the use of protective clothing against the incidence of itching among garbage collectors in Mamuju district in 2022.
Keywords: Personal protective equipment, health, complaints