Abstract:
Highly air pollution in the world nowadays causes the high incidences of
respiratory and cardivascular disease. The damages of respiratory system will manifest
in respiratory symptoms which are cough, phlegm, hemoptise, dyspnea, wheezing and
chest pain. To evaluate the respiratory physiology, by using Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
(PEFR) with Peak Flow Meter. This research aim was to know the PEFR and
respiratory symptoms in street sweepers of Sanitation Department of Pekanbaru City.
The research method was cross sectional descriptive. The samples were street sweepers
which were randomized by stratified-random sampling method. The respiratory
symptoms, age, gender, period of working, smoking habit, Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) using and respiratory diseases history had gotten by interview.
Heights and PEFR had gotten by direct examination to respondents. Prevalence of
abnormal PEFR was 52,9%. Respondents’ characteristics who have abnormal PEFR
mostly had period of working <2 years (66,67%), had not smoking habit (55,55%),
using PPE (55,55%) and had respiratory diseases history (60,42%). Prevalence of
respiratory symptoms appearance was 70,6% which single respiratory symptom was
cough and mixed respiratory symptoms was cough and phlegm. Respondents’
characteristics who have respiratory symptoms mostly were had period of working ≥2
years (70,7%), had smoking habit (71,42%), not using PPE (71,42%) and had
respiratory disease history (100%). Abnormal PEFR most commonly found in
respondents with cough and chest pain symptoms (100%), cough, phlegm and dyspnea
(100%), cough, dyspnea and chest pain (100%) as well as cough, phlegm, dyspnea and
chest pain (100%).
