Overview of Community Stress Levels Against Covid-19 Disease in Simangalam Village, South Kualuh District, North Labuhanbatu Regency 2021

Abstract

Stress is a condition of tension that occurs when someone gets a problem or challenge and the person has not been able to find a way out when he gets a problem, so it can be because many other thoughts interfere when he starts looking for a solution, here there is an imbalance between guidance and the ability to overcome it. The purpose of this study was to identify a description of the level of public stress on the Covid-19 disease in Simangalam Village, Kualuh Selatan District, Labuhan Batu Utara 2021. This study used a descriptive research design. The population in this study was the Simangalam village community, Labuhan Batu Utara sub-district as many as 51 respondents were studied by researchers. The technique of taking the number of samples in this study is using the proportional sampling technique. The measuring instrument in the study used a questionnaire. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the community's stress level against the Covid-19 disease was the highest, respondents answered light stress levels as many as 26 people (88.2%) and the lowest answered moderate stress levels as many as 6 people (11.2%).