University Students’ Mental Workload and Sleep Quality due to Online Lecture during Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstract
Regarding covid-19 pandemic, the government makes a policy of social distancing for Indonesian society which also
gives impact to learning methods in university. The learning method which previously conducted inside the class is
dismissed for a while and it is replaced by an online learning method which is conducted at home. This drastic learning
method change indeed will affect students’ mental condition, moreover for students who were not used to conducting
such online learning methods. There are complaints regarding online learning methods such as the increase of stress
level and feeling sleepy when having online class. The aim of this study is to analyze mental students’ workload and
sleep quality during online class, so that a recommendation for improvement can be given. Questionnaire of NASA-
TLX was used to measure mental workload and a questionnaire of PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) was used
to measure sleep quality. The respondents are 209 Industrial Engineering students of Mulawarman University. The
result of the study shows that 58.8% of students experienced high metal workload; 26.3% of students experienced
medium metal workload; 12.9% of students experienced very high metal workload; and the rest experienced low and
very low mental workload. Meanwhile the majority of students had poor sleep quality. The recommendation to
decrease the mental load and the poor sleep quality among students are to increase the readiness level of an
organization to face an online lecture situation, maintain good work organization, and maintain good life habits.
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