Abstract:
Smoking is the main cause of death which can be prevented. There were 100
million people in the world died due to smoking. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is
the country with the largest number of smoker with the prevalence of male smoker
is about 67% and female smoker is about 2,7%. Smoking can cause a negative
effect on lung function. This study aims to determine the difference of lung
function between male smoker and nonsmoker based on their spirometry result.
The subject of this study was 68 male non-medical employees in RSUD Arifin
Achmad which 34 smoker and 34 non-smoker. This study used analitical design
with cross sectional approach. Sampling technique of this study was stratified
random sampling. In this study, there was 50% of smoker had obstructive
impairment and 73,5% of non smoker had normal lung function. The result of Chi
Square test with significancy 0,05, there was p=0,000. This study shows that there
is a significant difference in lung function between smoker and non smoker of
non-medical male employer in RSUD Arifin Achmad, Pekanbaru.
