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

Background: Implementation of occupational health and safety (OHS) management system is one form of effort to create a safe workplace wich us to reduce occupational diseases. The continuous work faced by health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause stress. The aim of the current research was to analyze the application ofthe OSH management system to cope with 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 method used to analize the data 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 (Infection Prevention and Control Link Nurse) officer, and 4 nurse room heads. Results: The quantitative study showed that there was a relationship between the implementation of the hospital occupational health and safety (K3RS) program (p=0.026), work shifts (p=0.027), workload (p=0.017), and years of service (p=0.001) on work stress. Meanwhile 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 hospital occupational health and safety (K3RS) program implementation which is 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. In this case, the advice given was to regularly review and continuously improve Occupational Health and Safety Management System (SMK3) to improve overall OHS performance and preferably establish a special budget to support the implementation of occupational safety and health at Daya Hospital.