Factors Related to Perceived Stress among 4th Year Nursing Students in The Epidemic Situation of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Keywords:
perceived stress, Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic situation, nursing studentAbstract
The objective of this research was to study the factors related to the perceived stress among 4th year nursing students in the epidemic situation of coronavirus disease (Covid -19) because stress affects the physical and mental health of nursing students. Including learning efficiency as well Therefore, the sample group in this study is 93 4th year nursing students studying in the Bachelor of Nursing students of Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Chakriraj. Academic Year 2022 selected a purposive sampling. The instruments for data collection were the Personal Information Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), the Resilience Inventory, and the COVID-19 Knowledge Questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha showed reliability coefficients of .75, .95, .90, และ.88 respectively. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient were used for data analyses. The results revealed that performing professional nursing roles, resilience, and knowledge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were negatively and statistically significantly associated with perceived stress (r=-.32 p<.001; r= -.36 p<.001; r=-.42 p<.001 respectively). The results of this study might be applied to develop a program to enhance performing professional nursing roles, resilience, and preparation of knowledge of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) so that students are ready, confident, and reduce stress before graduating to become qualified professional nurses.
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