Implementation of occupational health and safety (OHS) management system to work stress among health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Daya Regional General Hospital, Makassar

Abstract

Implementation of Occupational Safety and Health is one form of effort to create a safe workplace to reduce occupational diseases. The continuous work stress faced by health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to cause stress. The research aims to analyze the application of the OSH management system to work stress in health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Daya Regional General Hospital in Makassar City in 2022. Methods: This research is a quantitative and qualitative (combined) approach. The analysis used was descriptive-analytic analysis with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique is a technique with purposive sampling. The sample was 61 nurses and the interviews were conducted with 2 K3 officers, 1 IPCLN officer, and 4 nurse room heads. Results: Of the quantitative study showed that there was a relationship between the implementation of K3RS (p=0.026), work shifts (p=0.027), workload (p=0.017), and years of service (p=0.001) on work stress. The results of the qualitative research show that most health workers have a high workload, long working hours, and standardized work shifts that can affect K3RS implementation and are not optimal. Conclusion: The four variables, namely the implementation of K3RS, workload, work shifts, and years of service had a relationship with work stress in Daya Hospital. His advice is to regularly review and continuously improve SMK3 to improve overall OSH performance and preferably establish a special budget to support the implementation of occupational safety and health at Daya Hospital.

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“…Related to this is supported by previous research in Jordan where the results of research there stated the component of psychological support and occupational health support is still low (Dahmash et al, 2023). Selain itu juga di perkuat beberapa penelitian tentang manajemen kesehatan dan keselamatan kerja di rumah sakit (Dewi & Wardani, 2022), (Efendy et al, 2022), (Bando et al, 2020),(Gómez Miranda & Gómez Miranda, 2018.…”