The Correlation of Academic Stress and Academic Workload with Academic Burnout During Covid-19 Pandemic among Nursing Students in Health Polytechnic of The Ministry of Health in Yogyakarta

Abstract

Background: Nursing students have the potential to experience academic stress due to the lecture system and academic demands. Clinical assignments are the main academic workload of nursing students. The Covid-19 pandemic conditions affect academic stress and academic workloads among nursing students. Stress and workload are personal factors that are predictors of burnout. Objective: To know the correlation of academic stress and academic workload with academic burnout during covid-19 pandemic among nursing students in Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health in Yogyakarta. Methods: This research is non-experimental study with a cross-sectional design. This research was conducted in January 2021. The population of this research were students of Nursing Department of the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health in Yogyakarta. The number of samples in this research were 228 students. Pearson product moment test and multiple linear regression test were used for data analysis. Results: The results showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between academic stress and academic burnout, the amount of r was 0.641 and the ρ value was 0.000. There was a positive and significant correlation between academic workload and academic burnout, the amount of r was 0.677 and the ρ value was 0.000. The results of the significance test obtained that the F value was 98.401, the Ftable value for α 5% = 3.04 and for α 1% was 3.88. The amount of the effective contribution of the academic stress variable was 12.44% and the effective contribution of the academic workload variable was 34.18%. The relative contribution by the academic stress variable was 26.67% while the relative contribution by the academic workload variable was 73.33%. Conclusion: There was a significant positive correlation between academic stress and academic workload with academic burnout during the Covid-19 pandemic among students in the Nursing Department of the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health in Yogyakarta.