Perceived Stress Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Among Employed Professional Teachers

The unexpected occurrence of the COVID-19 outbreak has undeniably disrupted normalcy life. Stress become an important concern in education since outbreak. This descriptive-correlational online survey administered August 2020 utilized Perceived Scale (COVID-19 PSS-10) to assess perceived stress among employed Filipino teachers. Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis tested for differences while Spearman’s rho was used analyze correlation between variables. Results demonstrated that more than half teachers experienced moderate stress. Females significantly higher compared males. A negative noted self-rated health a positive found perceive risk getting infection study highlights steps must be undertaken help deal with crisis as well they provided or taught management interventions during this pandemic. could baseline future research impact professional