Hubungan Pemakaian Tas Sekolah dengan Keluhan Nyeri Muskuloskeletal di Leher, Bahu, Punggung, dan Pinggang pada Siswa-Siswi SMA Negeri 3 Rantau Utara Tahun 2023

Abstract

Background. Schoolbag is a must have item to bring student’s belongings to the school and often associated with complaints of musculoskeletal pain and the relationship with interference some aspects of life. Aim. To find out the correlation between schoolbag use with complaints of musculoskeletal pain on neck, shoulder, back and waist in highschool students. Methods. This is the descriptive analytic research with cross sectional as the research design. The population in this research are 12th grade highschool students of SMA Negeri 3 Rantau Utara. The sample size was 70 highschool students with systematic sampling technique. Results. The majority of respondent were female and had a normal BMI. The most widely used type of bag is a backpack which is worn using both shoulders. Half of the total respondents use bags with weight of less than 10% of their body weight. Most respondents used bags for 10-25 minutes duration with more than 5 km distance and used motorbike transportation. Conclusions. There is a correlation between the weight of schoolbag with complaints of musculoskeletal pain in the shoulder (p=0.024). There are correlations between the duration of using schoolbag with complaints of musculoskeletal pain in the neck with p value = 0.012 and shoulders (p=0.003). There are correlations between the distance traveled to school with complaints of musculoskeletal pain in the neck (p = 0.042) and back (p= 0.017). There is a correlation between the type of transportation with complaints of musculoskeletal pain in the back with (p = 0.001).