Hubungan Kepatuhan Penggunaan Ear Plug terhadap Keluhan Gangguan Pendengaran pada Pekerja PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari
Authors: Sholihah Fitria Hazmi , Rahim Tety H , Fitriyana Susan 
Published: August 2021

Paparan kebisingan di tempat kerja adalah salah satu bahaya yang paling sering terjadi. Diperkirakan 22,4 juta pekerja di seluruh dunia terpapar pada kebisingan yang berpotensi menyebabkan gangguan pendengaran akibat bising. Gangguan pendengaran akibat bising dapat dicegah dengan memakai ear plug. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui hubungan kepatuhan penggunaan ear plug dengan keluhan gangguan pendengaran pada karyawan PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif analisis dengan metode cross sectional. Variabel kepatuhan dan keluhan gangguan pendengaran diukur dengan menggunakan kuesioner yang diisi oleh responden. Sampel yang diteliti adalah pekerja bagian mesin dengan sampel sebanyak 100 responden dipilih secara total sampling dan dilakukan uji chi-square sebagai uji hipotesis. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan September—Desember 2020 di PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari, Kabupaten Bungo, Provinsi Jambi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan sebanyak 80% pekerja PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari sudah patuh dalam menggunakan ear plug. Terdapat pekerja yang mengeluhkan gangguan pendengaran, 45% pekerja mengeluhkan gangguan pendengaran tidak mengganggu aktivitas, 24% pekerja mengalami keluhan gangguan pendengaran yang mengganggu aktivitas, sedangkan sisanya tidak mengeluhkan gangguan pendengaran. Hasil uji diperoleh pada pekerja yang tidak patuh menggunakan ear plug terdapat keluhan gangguan pendengaran (p<0,001). Simpulannya adalah terdapat hubungan penggunaan ear plug dengan keluhan gangguan pendengaran. The Compliance Relationship of Using Ear Plugs to Complaints of Hearing Loss among Employees PT Anugrah Bungo LestariNoise exposure in the workplace is one of the most frequent hazards. It is estimated that 22.4 million workers worldwide are exposed to noise levels that have the potential to have noise induced hearing loss. Noise induced hearing loss can be prevented by wearing ear plugs. This study aims to determine the relationship of compliance with the use of ear plugs to complaints of hearing loss among employees of PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari. This research is descriptive analytic with cross sectional design. The compliance and hearing loss complaints variables were measured using a questionnaire filled out by the respondents. The sample studied were workers in the machine part, with a sample of 100 respondents chosen by total sampling and performed chi-square test as a hypothesis test. The research was conducted in September—December 2020 at PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari, Bungo Regency, Jambi Province. Resulting of this study indicate as many as 80% employees PT Anugrah Bungo Lestari was already obedient in using ear plugs. There are workers who complain about hearing loss, 45% of workers had complaints of hearing loss but did not interfere with activities, 24% of workers have complaints of hearing loss and interfere with activities, while the rest do not complain about hearing problems. The test results were obtained in workers who did not comply with using ear plugs who had complaints of hearing loss (p <0.001). The conclusion is that there is a relationship between the use of ear plugs and complaints of hearing loss.