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Risk Factors of an Online Motorcycle Taxi (Ojek Online) Fatigue in Medan

Authors
Agnes Ferusgel, Maria Haryanti Butar-Butar, Aquina Widya, Linda Hernike Napitupulu, Ani Deswita Chaniago
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Agnes Ferusgel
Available Online 20 March 2020.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.014How to use a DOI?
Keywords
risk factors, fatigue, ojek online drivers
Abstract

Ojek online is one of the on-trend informal jobs in Medan. Yet, an ojek online driver can face accidents and illnesses due to irregular times when doing this job. One of the complaints of the ojek online drivers is fatigue. The manifestation of fatigue is characterized by an increase of blood lactic acid concentration. The blood lactic acid is in concentration threshold of 4 mmol/l blood which indicates that muscle activity has become anaerobic (without oxygen supply). If the blood lactic acid concentration threshold reaches 8 mmol/l blood or more, it indicates that a person has begun to experience physical fatigue. This study was a quantitative research and it involved 40 drivers. The independent variables were ages, durations of work, working periods and workloads. Meanwhile, the fatigue was as the dependent variable. The result of research showed that majority of ojek online drivers experienced fatigue with an average lactic acid level of 2.3 mmol/l. The majority of ojek online drivers had worked for 12 months with an average working of 12 hours/day. The ojek online drivers’ workload reached 150 Km/day. It showed that there were effects of ages (0.045) and workloads (0.000) on the fatigue of ojek online drivers.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
20 March 2020
ISBN
10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.014
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2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.014How to use a DOI?
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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