Pengaruh Physical Exercise terhadap Tingkat Stress pada Ibu Bekerja di Sekolah Tinggi Kesehatan

Abstract

Introduction: The high rate of participation in working mothers must be balanced with health services so that working mothers can avoid occupational health problems, one of which is work stress. Stress in working mothers if not treated can cause symptoms both physiologically, psychologically and behaviorally. Dealing with work stress can be done using physical exercise. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of physical exercise on stress levels of working mothers as employees of high school health.Methods: The research used a quasi-experimental method with one group pre-post-test design. Research’s instrument used a job stress questionnaire with the value of the Alpha Chronbach validity and reliability test of 0.775 (> 0.06). The number of samples was 34 respondents with inclusion criteria of working mothers, moderate and severe stress levels, and single parent exclusion criteria and other stress therapies. Sampling techniques using purposive sampling and univariate analysis include the characteristics of respondents, namely age, length of work, work units, and workload. The bivariate analysis using the Wilxocon test.Results: Through the Wilcoxon test it was found that there was an effect of physical exercise on the stress level of working mothers with a p value = 0.000. Conclusion: Physical exercise can make someone happier, have a positive response, maintained mental health, life satisfaction and good self-efficacy.