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A STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL STRESS LEVELS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR

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S. Shirly1, Dr. Ramaa Sethumadhavan2, R.J.T. Nirmalraj3
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si12.086

Abstract

The health care industry is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing industries and forms an enormous part of a country's economy. Stress is the degree to which unmanageable pressures make individuals feel overwhelmed. The level of occupational stress differs from one healthcare professional to another based on age, gender, marital status, specialty, and position. Stress is the degree to which unmanageable pressures make individuals feel overwhelmed. It may be caused by workload, distribution of work, poor relationships with co-workers and supervisors and many more can affect job satisfaction and mental health. The burden of stress is not limited at individual level, but also affects the organizations productivity, the quality of care to the patients. The study aims to identify the existing stress levels among healthcare professionals and the factors influencing the healthcare professionals with the help of a structured questionnaire, using simple random sampling method and the statistical analysis is done using Percentage analysis, Weighted average, and Chi-square method. The findings of the study results show there is significant association of age and designation of the respondents with job-related stress factors which in turn become responsible for the existing stress levels among the healthcare professionals. It is recommended to the management to setup strategies to cope up with these stress factors.

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