Abstract
The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis and one of the greatest challenges to all the healthcare workers that give impacts to individual, health, organization and economy. Stress is any situation that places special physical or psychological demands upon a person, anything that can unbalance the individual ability. Healthcare workers are at risk of developing mental and physical health disorders in the short- and long-term periods in facing stress at workplace. There are multiple factors that can be associated with the prevalence of stress among healthcare workers during pandemic which are organizational factor, nature of the profession, work environment and individual factor. Objectives: The main objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic related occupational stress and its severity and their associated factors. Methodology: This study used a retrospective cross sectional study design using 533 samples of HCW who answer the DASS-21 in Mental Health Online System during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The samples were healthcare workers who works in Kota Setar Health District Office. Results: The prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic related occupational stress is 10.5%. The odds of having stress for healthcare worker from health district office is 2.3 (AOR= 2.310, 95% CI 1.177-4.535) times higher than those who work in clinic. The odds of having stress for healthcare worker with degree and above is 3 (AOR= 2.899, 95% CI 1.613-5.211) times higher than staff with diploma and below holder. Conclusion: The prevalence of stress quite alarming and comparable with other countries HCW who face stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. those work in health district office such as Environmental health assistant officer face stress in doing their task during the pandemic. Besides, those with degree and above (higher education) especially among doctors face a significant stress during pandemic.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-110, title = {The COVID-19 Pandemic Related Occupational Stress Among the Healthcare Workers in Kota Setar Health District Office During the Third Wave}, author = {Mohd Faiz Itam and Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat and Titi Rahmawati Hamedon and Anita Abd Rahman}, url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-110.pdf https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/APCPH2022-P-110-d1a2e3bef61278961cb8f85e795dc7f5.pdf}, year = {2022}, date = {2022-08-02}, urldate = {2022-08-02}, issue = {7}, abstract = {The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis and one of the greatest challenges to all the healthcare workers that give impacts to individual, health, organization and economy. Stress is any situation that places special physical or psychological demands upon a person, anything that can unbalance the individual ability. Healthcare workers are at risk of developing mental and physical health disorders in the short- and long-term periods in facing stress at workplace. There are multiple factors that can be associated with the prevalence of stress among healthcare workers during pandemic which are organizational factor, nature of the profession, work environment and individual factor. Objectives: The main objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic related occupational stress and its severity and their associated factors. Methodology: This study used a retrospective cross sectional study design using 533 samples of HCW who answer the DASS-21 in Mental Health Online System during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The samples were healthcare workers who works in Kota Setar Health District Office. Results: The prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic related occupational stress is 10.5%. The odds of having stress for healthcare worker from health district office is 2.3 (AOR= 2.310, 95% CI 1.177-4.535) times higher than those who work in clinic. The odds of having stress for healthcare worker with degree and above is 3 (AOR= 2.899, 95% CI 1.613-5.211) times higher than staff with diploma and below holder. Conclusion: The prevalence of stress quite alarming and comparable with other countries HCW who face stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. those work in health district office such as Environmental health assistant officer face stress in doing their task during the pandemic. Besides, those with degree and above (higher education) especially among doctors face a significant stress during pandemic.}, howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my}, note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Community Health Department, Universiti Putra Malaysia}, keywords = {healthcare workers, Pandemic, stress}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {proceedings} }