Work-related Stress and the Tendency of Acquiring Symptoms of Mental Emotional Disorder in Journalists at a Publishing Company in Jakarta
| Main Authors: | Setyawan, Zacky Yahya; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Amri, Zarni; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Sosrosumihardjo, Danardi; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia |
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| Format: | application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
Journal of the Indonesian Medical Association
, 2008
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| Online Access: |
http://indonesia.digitaljournals.org/index.php/idnmed/article/view/594 |
Daftar Isi:
- The journalists are valuable asset for a publishing company. They work with a very strict deadline, which requires a good state of physical, mental and social health. The aims of study were to obtain the prevalence of work-related stress and its relationship with the tendency of acquiring symptom of mental emotional disorder. A cross sectional study with internal comparison analysis was conducted. The data collected included sosciodemogrhapic characteristics, measurement stressor of work-related stress (measured by using Survey Diagnostic Stress questionnaire), data on the tendencies of acquiring symptom of mental emotional disorder (measured by using Symptom Check List 90, SCL-90). From 100 respondents, the prevalence of the tendency of acquiring symptoms of mental emotional disorder was 58%, with a tendency of psycotism (36%), somatisation and paranoid symptoms (33% each), and obsessive-conpulsive (29%) as the most frequent disorders. There was significant relationship between work-related stress and the tendency of acquiring symptoms of mental emotional disorder on stressor of career development (p<0.001; OR 13.8; CI 3.7-51.1). The dominant stressor was the overload quantitative role (83%). We concluded that work-related stress, especially stress on career development, has a significant relationship with the tendency of acquiring symptom of mental emotional disorder.Keywords: mental emotional disorder, stress