Hubungan Beban Kerja Mental dengan Kelelahan Kerja pada Perawat di Unit Rawat Inap RSUD Dr Hadrianus Sinaga Pangururan Tahun 2023

Abstract

Nurses have significant demands on the job, which can lead to job burnout. Work fatigue is a state of mental or physical exhaustion that can have an impact on nurses' health. Mental workload is a type of work that is heavy than physical activity since it requires more brain work (white-collar) than muscular work (blue-collar). This research is an analytic survey with a cross-sectional design, aiming to see the relationship between the dependent variable ( fatigue) and independent variables (mental workload) of nurses in the inpatient unit. The sample in this research was 69 nurses. Work fatigue was subjectively measured using the Subjective Self Rating Test questionnaire from the Industrial Fatigue Research Committee (IFRC) and mental workload using the National Aeronautics & Space Administration - NASA (NASA Task Load Index -TLX) questionnaire. Data analysis used the Pearson product moment test with an error rate of a = 0.05. The results showed that work fatigue among nurses was in the low category of 4.35% (3 people), medium was 75.36% (52 people), and high was 20.29% (14 people). The workload experienced by nurses is in the moderate category 2.93% (2 people), rather high 46.36% (32 people). High 49.26% (34 people), and very high 1.45% (1 person). The statistical test results between workload and work fatigue show that there is a relationship between mental workload and work fatigue with the statistical test results P = 0.000 a = 0.05, HO is rejected with a correlation coefficient value of 0.497 which means it is interpreted that the strength between variables in moderate level with a positive relationship direction. Nurses should take a short rest and relaxation of about 10-15 minutes between working hours, for example listening to music to improve their emotional state, anger and anxiety.