Amna Yaseen, Umema Tariq, Neha Mohammad Ismail, Ayesha Sheikh.
A Survey of Occupational Stress Reactions among Healthcare Workers.
Pak J Rehabil Jan ;11(1):17-26.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The objective of the present study was to identify occupational stress and its reaction to psychological and physical health among different healthcare professionals in Karachi. METHODOLOGY: An observational cross-sectional study was performed on 257 healthcare workers, including the physiotherapists, general physicians, nurses age between 25-55 years and working for 8 or more hours. A Convenient non- probability purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data. Data was collected from hospitals in 4 districts of Karachi, through the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) and Job Stress Questionnaire. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) Version 16.0 was used. ANOVA & Post HOC analysis was used to compare the effects of variables. (P-value <0.05 considered significant). RESULTS: Out of 257 participants n= 94 were males and n=163 were females. Among the total sample n=102 were General Physicians, n= 79 were Physiotherapists and n=76 were nurses. Insignificance was found when the occupation was compared with both occupational stressors (p=0.093) and with stress reactions (p=0.456). CONCLUSION: Overall general physicians experience more occupational stressors than nurses and physiotherapists. Moreover, the study found that female health-care workers are more affected by occupational stress than men.

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