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.