Stress and Burnout among Medical Workers in Indonesia: A Study during COVID-19 Pandemic

Urfa Khairatun Hisan; Muhammad Miftahul Amri

doi:10.56741/jphs.v2i02.346

Authors

Urfa Khairatun Hisan
urfa.hisan@med.uad.ac.id
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Muhammad Miftahul Amri Master of Management (HR) Postgraduate Program, Universitas Terbuka, Jakarta, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-8484

Keywords:

Coronavirus Stress, Burnout, COVID-19 Pandemic, Medical Workers, Mental Health

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected at least half a billion people around the world. As frontline workers, medical professionals inevitably experienced significant workloads and pressure. Adding to the common causal of COVID-19 mental issues such as economic, fears, and anxiety, these factors make medical workers more vulnerable to stress and burnout. This manuscript aims to investigate stress and burnout levels among medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we include medical workers in Indonesia (n=161). We used the coronavirus stress measure (CSM) and COVID-19 burnout scale (COVID-19-BS) to measure the variables of interest. The data is collected through an anonymous online survey from November 2021 to January 2022. The result shows that the majority of the participants experienced a high intensity of stress and mild burnout during the third wave of COVID-19 infection in Indonesia (June 2021-August 2021). In addition, the regression test shows that there is a significant relationship between stress and burnout caused by COVID-19. When the stress intensity increases, it is likely that the burnout risk also increases. Considering that medical workers play important roles in mitigating diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical workers and healthcare stakeholders must pay attention to these factors in order to maintain the medical worker's mental health and healthcare service quality.

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Author Biographies

Urfa Khairatun Hisan, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Urfa Khairatun Hisan is a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and a graduate student of the Department of Bioethics, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. She received her B.Med. and M.D. degrees from the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Her research interests include public health and bioethics in medicine. She can be contacted at email: urfa.hisan@med.uad.ac.id.

Muhammad Miftahul Amri, Master of Management (HR) Postgraduate Program, Universitas Terbuka, Jakarta, Indonesia

Muhammad Miftahul Amri received his B.S. from the Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia in 2018, and an M.S. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University South Korea in 2021, where he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. In 2022, he received his M.M. and professional engineer degrees from Universitas Terbuka Indonesia and Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Indonesia, respectively. In 2021, he joined the faculty at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Indonesia, where he is currently a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research interests include wireless communication and reconfigurable intelligent surface. He can be contacted by email: muhammad.amri@te.uad.ac.id.

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