Analysis of Physical Environment of the House as a Workplace for work-Related Complaints on the Shoe Industry Home Workers in Semarang Regency Sulistiyani1,*, Setyaningsih Yuliani1, Sagita Qoni Mulia1 1Public Health Faculty, Diponegoro University *Corresponding Author: Sulistiyani Public Health Faculty, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. Sudarto, SH, Tembalang, Semarang, 50275 Email: sulistiyani@live.undip.ac.id
Online published on 20 March, 2019. Abstract Home workers at the shoe industry in Semarang Regency mostly suffer from callus (84.8%), stiff shoulder (75.8%), and headache (72.2%). This study aims to analyze the physical environment of the house as a workplace with a work-related complaint on the shoe industry workers in Semarang regency. It was an observational research with cross sectional approach. The population were all the workers in the shoe industry, Semarang Regency. The Sample for the research 66 workers taken by proportional random sampling method. Data analysis used distribution frequency, Chi-Square test and logistic regression. The results showed that there were several physical environment variables of the house that have relation with the complaints due to work with the value of p ≤ 0.05 such as light intensity, house ventilation, and house temperature. Multivariate analysis showed work-related complaints were influenced by variables of lighting, temperature and ventilation jointly by 93.5% and the rest influenced by other factors. The conclusion of this study was the importance of maintaining the quality of the physical environment of the house as a workplace because it can affect the complaints due to work. Shoe industry home workers should pay attention to the intensity of light, ventilation, and the temperature of the house as a place of work. Top Keywords Home workers, physical environment, work place, work related complaints. Top |