HUBUNGAN STATUS MEROKOK DENGAN AMBANG DENGAR DI RS PKU MUHAMMADIYAH
Abstract
Purpose: to analyze whether there is a correlation between smoking and hearing disorder
among patients in ENT polyclinic PKU Muhammadiyah hospital.
Method: this research is an analytical descriptive research that uses cross sectional
approach. The target of this research is patients in ENT polyclinic PKU Muhammadiyah
hospital who meet inclusion (N = 38). Smoking behavior that is studied is the frequency of
threshold of hearing from the result of audiometric examination. Variable measurement is
used to know the smoking status.
Result: There are 38 research subjects and they are divided into two smoking status: light
and heavy. There is no statistically significant correlation between smoking status and the
threshold of hearing among patients in PKU Muhammadiyah hospital (p>0,05), with the P
value varied in each frequency.
Conclusion: There is no correlation between smoking status and the threshold of hearing
among patients in PKU Muhammadiyah hospital. It is because there are many other factors
beside smoking that could decrease the threshold of hearing, such as age and medical chart
of comorbidity.