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Dampak Nyeri Pinggang terhadap Kehadiran Kerja Paramedis di Tiga Rumah Sakit di Jakarta (Back Pain Impact to Paramedics Work Attendance of Three Hospitals in Jakarta)

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Backpain can cause temporary or permanent limitation of mobility to workers until they need sick leave and treatment. Back pain is also known as the second leading cause of sick leave. The objective of this study was to analyze back pain impact to work attendance among paramedics working at 3 hospitals in Jakarta.

A cross sectional study was conducted in three hospitals in Jakarta. The subject inclusion criteria were paramedics working in care unit, had back pain in the last 1 year, aged 20–45 years old, and had worked more than 1 year. There were 109 subjects eligible.

Back pain occurred first in workplace was 2 times higher than outside workplace. A total of 16.5% paramedics took sick leave and the highest length of sick leave was 1–3 days and 7–14 days consecutively. Most of the subjects experienced back pain recurrence more than once in a year. The sick leave was significantly associated with the back pain scale: higher in subjects with back pain scale of 6–10 than 1–5 (p = 0.006 OR 4.5 95% CI 1.5–3.2).

Back pain can be recurrent and has an impact on work attendance of paramedics in the hospital.

Key words: back pain, paramedic, work attendance, sick leave

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Buletin Penelitian Sistem Kesehatan, 16 (2) : 128-

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Surabaya : Pusat Humaniora, Kebijakan Kesehatan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat., 2013

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6p

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1410-2935

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ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL
BACK PAIN
SICK LEAVE

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