Health Profile of Formal Sector Workers

A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Worker’s Health Check-Up in Indonesia

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Keywords

Health Profile; Industries; Workers

Abstract

Background: Indonesia has more than 125 million workers, and Indonesian regulations ordered medical check-ups for all employees. Despite abundant workers’ health data in industries and health providers, national data is still limited. This study aimed to investigate the health profile of Indonesian workers.

Method: We analyzed the health data of 12031 workers examined in a national-wide health provider between 2015 and 2016. The data included smoking habits, body mass index, blood pressure, hemoglobin, blood lipid, blood sugar, blood creatinine, ECG, spirometry, and audiometry test. The analysis focused on the proportions of diseases among workers and the proportion of diseases according to gender and age.

Results: The proportion of male workers was 78.8%, and the average age was 36.9. The highest percentage of workers was from DKI Jakarta. The top five clinical findings were obesity (46.7%), dyslipidemias (44.5%), dental caries (21.7%), hearing loss (17.6%), and lung function problems (17.6%). Almost in all findings, the proportion of diseases in males was higher than in females except for anemia and bacteriuria. The proportion of kidney function problems, myocardial ischemic/infarct, hepatitis B carrier, diabetes mellitus, anemia, hyperuricemia, hypertension, lung function problem, hearing impairment, dyslipidemia, and obesity were higher in older workers.

Conclusion: In general, this study can provide an overview of the health profile of Indonesian workers and can be a reference for the development of worker health programs. Individual programs can be given based on gender and age to maintain workers’ health and prevent further deterioration.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anna Suraya
AU  - Aria Kekalih
AU  - Dewi Friska
AU  - Dewi Yunia Fitriani
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/14
TI  - Health Profile of Formal Sector Workers
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Health and Social Science (WCHSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 40
EP  - 49
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_6
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_6
ID  - Suraya2023
ER  -