IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) e-ISSN: 2278-487X, p-ISSN: 2319-7668. Volume 20, Issue 4. Ver. VIII (April. 2018), PP 07-13 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/487X-2004080713 www.iosrjournals.org 7 | Page The Relationship between Knowledge Level and Work Attitude with the ISPA Event at Batusuplit Breaker 1 Rizky Nur Caesaria 2 Amiruddin Eso 3 Satrio Wicaksono 4 Muh Ridwan 5 Patwayati 1 Medical Education Study Program 2,3 Lecturer at Medical Faculty Halu Oleo University 4 Regional Government of Southeast Sulawesi 5 Lecturer at Faculty of Economy and Business Halu Oleo University Corresponding Author: Rizky Nur Caesaria Abstract: Background: Pulmonary disease disorders happened in working activity are mostly caused by dusts, though there is the lack of existing data. Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARI) is an acute respiratory infection which was occurred in 14 days which infect one of the respiratory track. More than 4.250.000 deaths were caused by ARI. Indonesia in the 6 th position with the most cases of ARI with 6 million cases. Research Purposes: This research is aimed to determine the relation between knowledge and working attitude to ARI incidents experienced by suplit stone breakers. Research Methods: This research was a case control research. The case group of this research was the suplit stone breakers which are positively diagnosed ARI by doctor and have been recorded in the medical report of Lalowaru health center, Moramo sub-district. The control group of this research was the suplit stone breakers which are not positively diagnosed ARI by doctor and have been recorded in the medical report of Lalowaru health center, Moramo sub-district. The total of samples in this research were 152 people, consisting of 76 people in case group and 76 people in control group. The instrument of this research was questionnaire consist of knowledge and working attitude question. The data analysis of this research was used to determine the relation between variables which was seen from odss ratio value.. Research result: The result of the bivariate analysis showed that there was a relation between knowledge level and ARI incident (P-Value: 0,000, OR : 4,016, CI 95% : 2,032-7,938), and there was a relation between working attitude and Ari incident (P-value: 0,001, OR : 3,111, CI 95% : 1,575 – 6,146). Conclusion: The conclusion of this research is there was a relation between the knowledge and the working attitude with the ARI incidents experienced by suplit stone breakers. Keywords: ARI, Knowledge, Working Attitude. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 12-04-2018 Date of acceptance: 30-04-2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction Occupational Disease (PAK) is a disease caused by work-related environmental factors. This includes acute and chronic diseases caused by respiration, digestion, or direct contact with toxic chemicals or (Dessler in Kusuma, 2010). Pulmonary disease is one of the Work Diseases, with a proportion of 10-30%. The ILO has detected that about 40,000 new cases of pneumoconiosis occur worldwide each year. In 1996 in the UK found 330 new cases of occupational lung disease (Hapsari, 2009). Lung disease or occupational lung disorders in Indonesia caused by dust are expected to be considerable although there is insufficient data. The morbidity rate reaches 70% of workers exposed to high dust. Most occupational lung disease has a serious consequence of pulmonary function decline, with the main symptoms being shortness of breath (Hapsari, 2009). Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is an acute infection process lasting for approximately 14 days that attacks one part and / or more of the respiratory tract from the nose to the lung bag (alveoli) such as adnexal tissue such as sinuses / cavities around the nose, middle ear cavity and pleura (MOH RI, 2011). ISPA ranks third cause of death in the world (7.1%) and the first cause of death in developing countries (11.2%). Over 4,250,000 deaths worldwide each year are caused by ISPA. Pneumonia including ARI in the United States ranks sixth from all causes of death, and is ranked first among infectious diseases (Agussalim, 2012). Indonesia ranks 6th countries with the most cases of ARI in the world reach 6 million cases per year (Rudanet.al Bulletin WHO, 2008). The prevalence of national ARI disease is 25.50% (MOH, 2008). ARI cases among workers are also commonly found, around 17,600 people from 22,000 members of Metro Jaya Police suffer from ISPA due to exposure to smoke of motor vehicles and other air pollution in a long time (Dewi, 2009). Based on polyclinic visit data at PT TAM SPLD in 2012 shows that ARI is the most common disease