Hubungan Stres Kerja dengan Timbulnya Kecenderungan Gangguan Mental Emosional pada Perawat yang Terlibat Langsung dengan Penderita Gangguan Jiwa di Sebuah Rumah Sakit Jiwa di Jakarta

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Introduction : Research on stress and its consequences often focused on nurses in general, little attention is given to nurses who work in a psychiatric ward / mental hospital. This study aims to find association between job stressors and other risk factors to the onset of mental emotional disorders tendency among nurses in a mental hospital. Methods : This was a cross sectional study,conducted by using Survey Diagnostic Stres, Symptom Check List (SCL-90), and Holmes Rahe Scale questionaire to 79 nurses directly involved with mental disorders patients. Results: The prevalence of mental emotional disorders tendency was26.6%.Unmarried status was 12.92 times, significantly associated with the onset of mental emotional disorders tendency(p=0.003,adjusted OR=12.92 , 95% CI=2.40-69.50).Acute ward, shift work and role ambiguity with moderate-severe stress levels also had a significant association with the onset of mental emotional disorders tendency. Conclusions: It can be concluded that unmarried marital status is the most dominant stressors on the incidence of mental emotional disorders tendency. Hospitals are advised to conduct a counseling center specifically for nurses who are unmarried, hold a special monthly events, team building, job rotation, and setting a clear job des cription in order to avoid any mental emotional disorders, especially among unmarried nurses.