Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019
Psychological morbidity among medical health professionals: A cross sectional tertiary care centre study
Keshav Jee, Uday Narayan Sharma, Ashok Kumar Prasad, Ajay Bakhla
Abstract :
Background Psychological stress is well documented in workplace and widely present among the health care professionals considering the kind of work involved. Stress among this group impedes level of functioning and interferes with treatment of patients increasing
the healthcare costs.
Aims
To assess relation of psychological morbidity with lifestyle factors
Methodology
A proforma for socio–demographic details, consent and clinical data sheet for assessing lifestyle factors associated with stress was given to medical staff in different departments of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi. Psychological morbidity was assessed using General Health Questionnaire– 28. GHQ–28 score > 4 amounts to ‘caseness’. GHQ–28 scores and its relation with lifestyle factors was assessed.
Results
Caseness was reported in 46% of medical health professionals. Maximum psychological morbidity was reported among physicians 48%. Factors like increased stress at work,substance use and greater number of working hours were associated with psychological morbidity.
Conclusion
Periodic check up of health professionals both physical and mental is essential to provide quality health care to the community
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITY AMONG MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: A CROSS SECTIONAL TERTIARY CARE CENTRE STUDY, Keshav Jee, Uday Narayan Sharma, Ashok Kumar Prasad, Ajay Bakhla INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2019
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PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITY AMONG MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: A CROSS SECTIONAL TERTIARY CARE CENTRE STUDY, Keshav Jee, Uday Narayan Sharma, Ashok Kumar Prasad, Ajay Bakhla INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2019
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