Analysis of Factors Affecting Work Fatigue Among Nurses at Malahayati Islamic Hospital in Medan

Abstrak

Fatigue can be felt by anyone who does heavy work activities with different professions, especially nurses. This study aims to analyze the factors related to work fatigue in nurses at the Malahayati Islamic Hospital in Medan City using the KAUPK2 questionnaire. This study uses a quantitative method with a cross-sectional approach design using the chi-square test. The study population is all nurses at the Malahayati Islamic Hospital in Medan City with a sample of 112 respondents obtained through simple random sampling techniques. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant relationship between workload and work fatigue in nurses with a p-value of 0.000 and the rest do not show a significant relationship between age and work fatigue (p-value 0.746), nutritional status with work fatigue (p-value 0.160), work shifts with work fatigue (p-value 0.078), work period with work fatigue (p-value 0.526), and length of work with work fatigue (p-value 0.254). Research suggestions for hospitals should re-evaluate the division of tasks and the number of nurses per shift to avoid complaints of work fatigue and to prevent an increase in workload in accordance with existing nursing service standards. For future researchers, it is hoped that they can improve the validity of the KAUPK2 questionnaire or try other instruments that have international standards. Furthermore, it is also recommended to expand the research location to increase the sample so that the research results are more comprehensive, examine other variables and also be consistent in conveying the language of the questionnaire to respondents.