Meta-Analysis Study on Correlation of Workloads and Work Stress Among Nurses in Hospital

Abstract

According to Munandar (2008), one of the factors associated with the occurrence of work stress is workload. Intrinsic sources of work include physical demands and task demands. The workload is one of the demands of the task that becomes a stressor at work. Munandar also stated that excessive or insufficient workload stimulates the stress. Hermansyah and Mardiani (2016) showed that workload is the cause of latent variables of work intrinsic factors. However, there was no significant correlation between the intrinsic factors of work (including workload) and work stress among the nurses in the hospital (t-count 1.33 <1.96). Prihatini (2007) research showed a significant correlation between workload and work stress in inpatient room at RSUD Sidikalang. The purpose of the study was to determine the correlation between workload and stress among the nurses in the hospital. This study investigated the results of research conducted and published in Indonesia from 2006 to 2017 using two online databases, namely Google Scholar and the University of Indonesia (UI) Library.This study was a literary review with meta-analysis method. Population in this research was all research regarding the correlation between workload and stress among nurses in hospital inpatient room which published in Indonesia from the year 2006 until 2017. Data collection was obtained from an online database, Google Scholar and the University of Indonesia Library. Data analysis involved test to determine Heterogeneity and odds ratio combination (OR)  with 95% confidence interval. The result showed that the percentage of nurse with a heavy workload that had stress was 62.4%, it was greater than 37.6% of nurses with heavy workload that did not experience work stress, and there was a significant correlation between workload and stress among nurses in hospital (OR 3.3 (95% CI: 2.3-4.7). It is suggested to Indonesian hospitals to transfer nurses from the heavier-workload ward to the less-workload ward so as to reduce the stress in the heavier-workload ward.

Keywords: workload, work stress among nurses, and meta analysis.

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/9-6-04

Publication date:March 31^st 2019