Perceived Stress and Intention to Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Nurses in West Sumatra Indonesia

Rika Sarfika; Emil Huriani; Fitri Mailani; Rahmi Muthia

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.8669

Authors

Rika Sarfika Department of Mental Health and Community Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-568X
Emil Huriani Department of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-8139
Fitri Mailani Department of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-7002
Rahmi Muthia Department of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5196-4817

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8669

Keywords:

Clinical experience, Hospital supply, Intention, COVID-19, Stress

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nurses are at high risk of experiencing stress when treating patients with COVID-19. The presence of an outbreak could also result in burnout among nurses due to job stress, poor hospital resources for the treatment, and inadequate support from family and friends. All of these related obstacles might be interfered with the intention of nurses to work during a pandemic.

AIM: The objective of the study was to identify perceived stress and intention to work during the COVID-19 pandemic among nurses.

METHODS: An online-based cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses in Indonesia. There were 238 responses received. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine for data analysis.

RESULTS: There was a significant correlation between perceived stress and intention to work (p < 0.001). The regression model showed the variance in the perceived stress with other main predictors.

CONCLUSIONS: To maintain an adequate workforce during the pandemic, hospital management should ensure adequate hospital goods supply and deploy retention strategies to retain clinically experienced nurses.

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