The Relationship Between Respondents’ Characteristics and Nurses’ Burnout in Caring Covid-19 Patients

Covid-19 causes fear, worry, fatigue, and post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses who are frontline staff hospitals. Based on a survey at hospital felt burnout caring for the covid-19 patients due to lack of rest, concentration when providing nursing care, physical caused by an increase with COVID-19. This study aims determine association between respondent characteristics nurses’ while patients.This research used correlation quantitative design cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique was total 52 work private hospitals western Indonesia. Data analysis bivariate Pearson chi-square test. questionnaire subjective self-rating test from industrial fatigue committee Japan (IFRC). resulted that variables were not related patients, which is age (p-value = 0.414), gender 0.404), education 0.069), marital status 0.429). Burnout can occur several factors such as workload, shift, environment. result imply arrange time rest better scheduling. Nursing managers also reduce rewarding, motivating, foster sense community workplace, creating comfortable environment nurses. Keywords: Burnout, Nurse, Fear, Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic,