Correlation of Perceived Stress on the Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Nursing Students of KPK

Abstract

Objective: To identify the impact of stress on academic performance among undergraduate nursing students
of kpk.
Method: The design of the study was descriptive-correlational. It was conducted from April to August 2022, having a sample size of 103 and using a convenient sampling technique through an adopted questionnaire perceived stress scale.
Results: In this study, the male students were more (69.9%) n=72 than the female students were (30.1%) n=31. The students of semester 4th were in the majority (45%). Among the participants, (4%) were suffering from high stress, while moderate stress (88%) and low stress only (8%). The majority of the students' academic performance was good (58.3%), average (35%), and poor performance (6.8%). The mean scores of stress were: 8th semester (19.2±4.18), 6th semester (21.3±2.98), 4th semester (20.3±3.67) and 2nd semester (18.2±5.25). The correlation between stress and academic performance was calculated through SPSS. It
shows that academic performance is not correlated with stress (p-0.681), while stress was also not correlated with demographic variables like gender (p-0.13) and age (p-0.139).
Conclusion: Stress in the first year is common due to exposure to new and difficult subjects and environments. Through coping strategies, senior students managed stress to avoid problems with the passage of time.

How to cite: Sultan A, Ali S, Jamal H, Sohni, Ahmed F, Shabana. Correlation of Perceived Stress on the Academic
Achievement of Undergraduate Nursing Students of KPK. Esculapio - JSIMS 2022;18(04):248-252