Hubungan Faktor Risiko Dental Ergonomi dengan Keluhan Subjektif Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) pada Dental Assistant

One of hazard on dentistry is dental ergonomic. Working problem that can be caused by ergonomic hazards is Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). Dental assistant is one of the job that has a risk for the occurance of abnormalities in musculoskeletal system. Based on preliminary study on dental assistant that work in Pontianak City showed that 85% peoples had musculoskeletal complaints on the legs, 71,4% had complaints on the calf, and 57,1% had complaints on the shoulder and upper back. Aim of this research is to find out the correlation between risk factors of dental ergonomics and subjective complaints of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) on dental assistant. The type of this research was a quantitative study with an analytical observational approached using a cross-sectional design. The research was conducted in Pontianak City on August 2021. The population of this research is 48 respondent and the samples were chosen using total sampling technique. The instrument that used in this research were collected from the risk factors of dental ergonomics and Nordic Body Map (NMB) questionnaires which were later analyzed using kendall’s tau-b test. The result of this research is risk factors of dental ergonomics in the low category is 54,20%. The subjective complaints of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in the low category is 68,80%. Based on the kendall’s tau-b test showed that P. Value is 0,601 > 0,05 it means that there is no correlation between risk factors of dental ergonomics and subjective complaints of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). Conclusion of this research is there is no correlation between risk factors of dental ergonomics and subjective complaints of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) on dental assistant. For further research is expected to examine other risk factors that can cause subjective complaints of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)