Analysis of the relationship between factors causing decompression in fishermen on the west Wawonii coast of Konawe islands regency

Background: Occupational health and safety is the main thing for everyone when doing work regardless of the workplace. Fishermen have the same potential as the risks posed in their work, especially in fishermen when diving. One of the occupational diseases in diving is decompression sickness. Occupational health and safety is the main thing for everyone when doing work regardless of the workplace. Fishermen have the same potential as the risks posed in their work, especially in fishermen when diving. One of the occupational diseases in diving is decompression sickness

Method: Cross sectional research design with the population, namely fishermen on the coast of West Wawonii District, Konawe Kepulaun Regency and a sample size of 56 respondents using the Lemeshow formula. The research instrument used was a questionnaire containing risk factors for decompression symptoms. The criteria for diagnosis are age, working period, obesity, alcoholism, dive frequency, dive duration, depth, and speed to the surface.

Results : Based on the characteristics of risk factors for decompression symptoms with 56 respondents, 51 people (91.1%) were ≤ 60 years old, ≥ 5 years of working period to 43 people (23.2%), 56 people (100%) had BMI ≤ 25, 44 people (78.6%) didn’t consume alcohol, dive frequency ≤ 2 times day amounted to 31 people (55.4%), 35 people (62.5%) with dive duration ≤ 30 minutes, depth ≤ 30 meters amounted to 35 people (62.5%), and 38 people (67.9%) had a speed of rising to the surface ≤ 60 feet/minute. 

Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between obesity and dive duration on decompression symptoms in fishermen on the coast of West Wawonii District using Fisher's Exact Test value. While there is no significant relationship between age, working period, alcoholism, dive frequency, depth, and speed of ascent to the surface of decompression symptoms.