Assessment of Stress and Coping Strategies of Nursing Teachers due to Online Teaching During COVID-19

Abstract

A non-experimental descriptive study to assess the stress and coping strategies of online teaching during COVID-19 among nursing teachers of selected nursing college at Ernakulam District. The objectives were to assess the level of stress, coping strategies, stressors, association between stress and selected demographic variables, and the correlation between stresses and coping strategies. 20 nursing teachers were selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. Data collection was done using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that 70% have experience of teaching for more than 5 years. 50% were from rural areas and others from urban. 80% spent more than 4 hours for online classes. 80% had a moderate level of stress and 20% had a mild level of stress. 60% exhibited adaptive coping and the remaining exhibited maladaptive coping. The major stressor was lack of face-to-face teacher-student interactions (100%), and minor was students not muting their microphones during the class (35%). Statistically, a significant association was found between stress and selected demographic variables of nursing teachers at 0.05 level of significance. A positive correlation (‘r’ value = 0.18, p-value = 5.99) was found between stress and coping strategies.