Hubungan Konstruk Kepemimpinan dengan Kualitas Hidup Penderita Hiv/Aids di Rumah Sakit Rujukan Provinsi Sumatera Utara Tahun 2009

Abstract

Quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients was determined by many factors, one of which is the factor of availability of facilities, infrastructure to support of the sufferers medical treatment HIV/AIDS at the hospital. The role of hospital leaders from the lowest to the highest level is to support the service with: a) Maintain the availability of adequate and continuous drug, b) able to increase the dedication of frontline employees with HIV/AIDS, c) created HIV/AIDS service affordable. Leadership styles used by leaders in hospitals played a role determining the achievement the aim of organizational goals HIV/AIDS service with a subordinate for: Focus to serve patients, increase the quality of human resources, run all the standard rules (SOP) and service quality evaluation (the concept of Total quality management). Accordingly, this study formulates the problem: Is there a relationship construct a model of leadership with the encouragement improved quality of life HIV /AIDS patients in referral hospital HIV/AIDS services in Sumatra Utara. The framework of this study used 2 stage methods that is Phase I: Qualitative explorative by identified variable and leadership construcs in RSU Adam Malik and RSU Siantar, in this stage carried out in depth interviews and observation so that construct models of leadership. Phase II: Quantitative konfirmatif. Namely: construct models of leadership confirmed at 5 referral hospitals in Medan. Constructs leadership styles in this research affect the quality of life HIV/ AIDS patients through the quality of human resources, customer focus, process management and quality evaluation (TQM). Increasingly leadership style then increasingly good the TQM that was pointed increase quality of life. Characteristic constructs of leadership styles in Referral Hospital environment obtained in this study were: a) The leader who can become an idol, commendable behavior is described as a king, b) Authoritative leader if necessary with the help of supra naturally caused a lot of support and care to HIV services, but such support was only lip service, c) The leader must be able to maintain position in every way (smart politics, nepotism, always ask for the blessing of the boss, supported by third parties).