Perceived Stress Level and Its Stressors Among Malaysian Undergraduate Nursing Students During COVID-19 Pandemic
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31436/ijcs.v4iSupp1.215Keywords:
Keyword: Academic, COVID-19, Nursing students, Perceived stress, Stressor.Abstract
Introduction: As COVID-19 Pandemic hit across the globe, the closure of higher institutions and the shifting to online platform has become the stress factors related to learning activities for the nursing students. Hence, this study was conducted among Malaysian undergraduate nursing students to determine the level of perceived stress and to examine the relationship between the stressors and the perceived stress level. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using convenience sampling conducted among undergraduate nursing students in one public university in Malaysia. The study participants (n=201) had been recruited by distributing an online survey which was consisted of three parts; socio-demographic characteristics, stressor factors, and Perceived Stress Score (PSS-10). Results: Majority of the respondents had moderate stress (n=154, 76.6%) with the total mean PSS-10 was 21.29 (SD=±5.57). Significant differences in PSS-10 score were found in terms of level of study, satisfaction in nursing study, current living location, and negative life events (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results from the study indicated that most of the undergraduate nursing students had moderate stress and it is associated with level of study, satisfaction in nursing study, current living location and the present of negative life events. This finding could inform the nursing lecturers and the Malaysian educational institutions for establishing a mechanism of identification and support system for the nursing students associated with the stressors.
References
Aslan, H., & Pekince, H. (2021). Nursing students’ views on the COVID-19 pandemic and their percieved stress levels. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 57(2), 695–701. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12597
Romero-Blanco, C., Rodríguez-Almagro, J., Onieva-Zafra, M. D., Parra-Fernández, M. L., Prado-Laguna, M. D. C., & Hernández-Martínez, A. (2020). Sleep pattern changes in nursing students during the COVID-19 lockdown. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145222
Brouwer, K. R., Walmsley, L. A., Parrish, E. M., Mccubbin, A. K., Welsh, J. D., Braido, C. E. C., & Okoli, C. (2020). Examining the associations between self-care practices and psychological distress among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Education Today, 104864(January).
Marinoni G., van’t Land H. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Higher Education (2020) International Higher Education Special issue 102
Yazdani, M., Rezaei, S., & Pahlavanzadeh, S. (2010). The effectiveness of stress management training program on depression, anxiety and stress of the nursing students. Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research, 15(4), 208.
Acharya Pandey, R., & Chalise, H. N. (2015). Self-Esteem and Academic Stress among Nursing Students. Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ), 13(52), 298–302. https://doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v13i4.16827
Manpreet, K., & Maheshwari, S. K. (2015). Depression, anxiety and stress among postgraduate nursing students. International Journal of Therapeutic Applications, 21(3), 12-18.
Da Fonseca, J. R. F., Calache, A. L. S. C., dos Santos, M. R., da Silva, R. M., & Moretto, S. A. (2019). Association of stress factors and depressive symptoms with the academic performance of nursing students. Revista Da Escola de Enfermagem, 53, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-220X2018030403530
García-González, J., Ruqiong, W., Alarcon-Rodriguez, R., Requena-Mullor, M., Ding, C., & Ventura-Miranda, M. I. (2021). Analysis of anxiety levels of nursing students because of e-learning during the covid-19 pandemic. Healthcare (Switzerland), 9(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030252
Chi, X., Becker, B., Yu, Q., Willeit, P., Jiao, C., Huang, L., Hossain, M. M., Grabovac, I., Yeung, A., Lin, J., Veronese, N., Wang, J., Zhou, X., Doig, S. R., Liu, X., Carvalho, A. F., Yang, L., Xiao, T., Zou, L., … Solmi, M. (2020). Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese College Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11(August), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00803
Chan, S. F., & La Greca, A. M. (2020). Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). https://www.mindgarden.com/documents/PerceivedStressScale.pdf.
Baik, S. H., Fox, R. S., Mills, S. D., Roesch, S. C., Sadler, G. R., Klonoff, E. A., & Malcarne, V. L. (2019). Reliability and validity of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 in Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(5), 628–639. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105316684938
Al-Dubai, S. A., Alshagga, M. A., Rampal, K. G., & Sulaiman, N. A. (2012). Factor Structure and Reliability of the Malay Version of the Perceived Stress Scale among Malaysian Medical Students. The Malaysian journal of medical sciences: MJMS, 19(3), 43–49.
Taleb, R., Mourad, M., Ismail, S., Mokhadder, L., Aboudaher, Y., Aicha, S., … Khoder, R. (2020). Stress And Coping Strategies Among Undergraduate Health Professions Students: A Cross-sectional Study from A University In Lebanon. Digital Commons @ BAU. https://digitalcommons.bau.edu.lb/hwbjournal/vol3/iss1/2/.
Awoke, M., Mamo, G., Abdu, S., & Terefe, B. (2021). Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Among Undergraduate Health Science Students of Jimma University Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak: Online Cross-Sectional Survey. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 639955. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.639955
Elias, H., Ping, W. S., & Abdullah, M. C. (2011, December 17). Stress and academic achievement among undergraduate students IN Universiti Putra Malaysia. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042811027492.
Rathnayake, S., & Ekanayaka, J. (2016). Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Undergraduate Nursing Students in a Public University in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 9(3), 1020–1032. www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org
