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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
Print version ISSN 0120-5307On-line version ISSN 2216-0280
Abstract
TAMBUNAN, Evelyn Hemme and SINAGA, Rosnancy Renolita. Stress levels and coping strategy of nursing students in online learning during COVID-19 Pandemic. A mixed-methods study. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2023, vol.41, n.2, e09. Epub Aug 24, 2023. ISSN 0120-5307. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v41n2e09..
Objective:
To explain the stress level and coping strategies of nursing students in online learning during Covid-19 pandemic.
Methods:
Explanatory sequential mixed method QUAN-QUAL study conducted at a private university in Bandung, Indonesia. Of the 260 nursing students, 157 consented to participate and answered a Depression Anxiety Scale-42 (DDAS-42) and The Ways of Coping in the Indonesian version. The participants of the quantitative phase with the indicative of stress were interviewed individually (n=17) to provide an in-depth understanding of the students’ experiences of stress and coping strategy in online learning.
Results:
Almost one out of two students (47.1%) had some level of stress (16% between severe and extremely severe). Most nursing students (45.9%) used emotion focused coping strategies. Stress level was significantly higher among female students and internship academic level (p<0.05). Nursing students’ sources of stress were new experiences and hindrances to online learning. Coping strategies included seeking support and positive acceptance.
Conclusion:
A high proportion of nursing students experienced stress during their education process in COVID-19 times; they used specially emotion-focused coping strategies to reduce barriers to online learning.
Keywords : COVID-19; students, nursing; anxiety; depression; adaptation, psychological; internet-based intervention.