KECEMASAN TENAGA KESEHATAN DIMASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI RUMAH SAKIT RAJA TOMBOLOTUTU TINOMBO

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) is a group of viruses that can cause disease, both in humans and in animals, in humans it can cause respiratory tract infections ranging from the common cold to serious illness. Health workers feel anxious, worried and afraid every time they serve patients and even interact with the pa-tient's family. Due to the large amount of information available about Covid-19, which can be accessed in vari-ous media sources, the information that appears in the community has the potential to be biased and confusing. The aim of the research is to know the anxiety of health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic at Raja Sim-bolotutu Tinombo Hospital. The type of research used is descriptive research. The variable in this study is the anxiety of health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research was carried out at Raja Simbolotutu Tinombo Hospital. The data used are primary data and secondary data. Data analysis using univariate analy-sis. The sampling technique used purposive sampling technique in this study were all health workers on duty at the hospital as many as 67 people. The results showed that of the 67 respondents in this study, the majority of health workers had moderate anxiety, 36 people (53.7%) and a small number of health workers had severe anxiety, namely 4 people (6.0%). Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the anxiety of health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic at Buttonotutu Tinombo Hospital was mostly moderate anxiety. It is expected that the hospital needs to provide assistance and health insurance facilities for both the health workers on duty.