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

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.