scholarly journals EXTENT OF ANXIETY AND STRESS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THE STATE OF SIKKIM

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-63
Author(s):  
Arunima Sengupta Lahiri ◽  
Nima Norbu Sherpa ◽  
Tenzing Sangay Bhutia
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
The State ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
Previous Exposure ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Care Workers

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of anxiety and stress among different groups of Sikkim's health-care workers, based on gender and previous exposure to ICU duties. The current study's sample included 152 HCWs who were chosen via stratified random sampling. The anxiety and stress dimension of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to assess anxiety and stress. Based on gender and previous exposure to ICU duty, different groups of health care workers were found to have varying levels of anxiety and stress.

scholarly journals Occupational stress and engagement in primary health care workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 1580-1587
Author(s):  
Dezolina Franciele Cardin Cordioli ◽  
João Roberto Cordioli Junior ◽  
Claudia Eli Gazetta ◽  
Albertina Gomes da Silva ◽  
Luciano Garcia Lourenção
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Probabilistic Sample ◽  
Transversal Study

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate levels of occupational stress and work engagement among primary health care workers. Method: A descriptive, correlational and transversal study was carried out in a small municipality in the countryside of São Paulo, with a non-probabilistic sample of convenience, with 85 workers. Three self-applied instruments were used: one developed by researchers, containing sociodemographic variables; Work Stress Scale (WSS) and Utrech Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Results: Prevalence of women (72.6%), 40 years old or more (45.9%), 4 years and 4 months of mean working time in primary care. Thirty-one workers (36.5%) presented significant stress (scores ≥2.5). Work engagement showed a mean of 4.1 (±1.2) to 4.4 (±1.4), classified as high in all dimensions. Occupational stress and work engagement correlated negatively. Conclusion: Workers presented high levels of work engagement; more than one-third had significant occupational stress. Workers with high levels of occupational stress tend to have lower work engagement.

EXTENT OF ANXIETY AND STRESS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF SIKKIM BASED ON THEIR EXTENT OF INSOMNIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-95
Author(s):  
Arunima Sengupta Lahiri ◽  
Nima Norbu Sherpa ◽  
Prahlad Kumar Marandi ◽  
Tenzin Dolma
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Insomnia Severity Index ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Insomnia Severity ◽  
Different Levels

The aim of the present study is to measure the extent of anxiety and stress among different groups of the health care workers (HCW) of Sikkim, based on the level of insomnia they were suffering from. The sample of the present study consisted of 153 HCWs. Depression anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Insomnia Severity Index were administered. Different groups of health care workers, based on different levels of Insomnia were found to have different extent of anxiety and stress.

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Niger State

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussaini Majiya ◽  
Mohammed Aliyu-Paiko ◽  
Vincent Tochukwu Balogu ◽  
Dickson Achimugu Musa ◽  
Ibrahim Maikudi Salihu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Rapid Test ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The State ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic is ongoing, and to know how far the virus has spread in Niger State, Nigeria, a pilot study was carried out to determine the COVID-19 seroprevalence, patterns, dynamics, and risk factors in the state. A cross sectional study design and clustered-stratified-Random sampling strategy were used. COVID-19 IgG and IgM Rapid Test Kits (Colloidal gold immunochromatography lateral flow system) were used to determine the presence or absence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in the blood of sampled participants across Niger State as from 26th June 2020 to 30th June 2020. The test kits were validated using the blood samples of some of the NCDC confirmed positive and negative COVID-19 cases in the State. COVID-19 IgG and IgM Test results were entered into the EPIINFO questionnaire administered simultaneously with each test. EPIINFO was then used for both the descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of the data generated. The seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Niger State was found to be 25.41% and 2.16% for the positive IgG and IgM respectively. Seroprevalence among age groups, gender and by occupation varied widely. A seroprevalence of 37.21% was recorded among health care workers in Niger State. Among age groups, COVID-19 seroprevalence was found to be in order of 30-41 years (33.33%) > 42-53 years (32.42%) > 54-65 years (30%) > 66 years and above (25%) > 6-17 years (19.20%) > 18-29 years (17.65%) > 5 years and below (6.66%). A seroprevalence of 27.18% was recorded for males and 23.17% for females in the state. COVID-19 asymptomatic rate in the state was found to be 46.81%. The risk analyses showed that the chances of infection are almost the same for both urban and rural dwellers in the state. However, health care workers and those that have had contact with person (s) that travelled out of Nigeria in the last six (6) months are twice ( 2 times) at risk of being infected with the virus. More than half (54.59%) of the participants in this study did not practice social distancing at any time since the pandemic started. Discussions about knowledge, practice and attitude of the participants are included. The observed Niger State COVID-19 seroprevalence means that the herd immunity for COVID-19 is yet to be achieved and the population is still susceptible for more infection and transmission of the virus. If the prevalence stays as reported here, the population will definitely need COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. Niger State should fully enforce the use of face/nose masks and observation of social/physical distancing in gatherings including religious gatherings in order to stop or slow the spread of the virus.

scholarly journals THE STATE OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE OF WORK OF MEDICAL WORKERS IN MODERN CONDITIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
V. Fedorchuk-Moroz ◽  
M. Rudynets ◽  
M.-B. Moroz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The State ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

Problem. In modern conditions as health care workers are fighting the coronavirus infection, the state of their occupational safety and hygiene needs to be studied. The article is devoted to this problem.Aim. The work aims to conduct a comprehensive assessment of occupational safety and hygiene of health care workers and develop recommendations for its improvement in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Research methods. During performing the research used complex methods of scientific knowledge: the philosophi-cal (dialectical), general (methods of complex, formal-logical and systematic analysis and synthesis) and comparative-law.The object of the study is the safety and hygiene of health care workers.The scientific novelty lies in a comprehensive study of theoretical and practical aspects of occupational safety and hygiene of medical workers to reduce occupational injuries and occupational diseases, as well as to lower the degree of occupational risks.Results. The article considers the state of occupational safety and health of health care workers, who in the performance of their professional duties face a whole range of dangerous and harmful factors that can lead to the development of occupational diseases. Coronavirus infection paid particular attention. The article analyzes the latest research and publications on this issue, examines current law and regulations, considers the rights of physicians to healthy and safe working conditions.Conclusions and recommendations. In order to improve the state of occupational safety and hygiene of health care workers we recommend: to resume the operation of sanitary and epidemiological services in the country; to continue the educational training of epidemiologists and hygienists in universities; to ensure the organization of special training for all employees of medical institutions on modern methods of infection prevention, post-exposure prevention, as well as measures and means of infection control (introductory - during employment, periodic - once a year before the annual outbreak of infectious diseases, target - in case of sudden mass outbreaks of dangerous infections and their significant spread or after an occupational accident (infection)); to oblige to teach occupational safety disciplines in universities of medical profiles; at the state level to provide for the establishment of an appropriate system of occupational safety and health in the field of health care; to carry out obligatory assessment of working conditions and determination of the category of severity of work of medical workers; to provide all medical workers involved in the fight against infectious diseases with personal protective equipment at the required amount; to provide rational working and leisure conditions for medical workers in order to protect and preserve their health and ability to work; to ensure proper control over com-pliance with safety requirements when working with equipment that is a source of physically hazardous and harmful production factors; to carry out constant control over the amount of chemical and biological substances in the air of the working zone, air ionization, not allowing the maximum permissible concentrations to be exceeded.

scholarly journals Midwife and Public Health Nurse Tatsuyo Amari and a State-Endorsed Birth Control Campaign in 1950s Japan

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aya Homei
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Public Health Nurse ◽  
The State ◽  
Control Field ◽  
Field Instructors ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Control Campaign

AbstractMrs. Tatsuyo Amari, a qualified midwife and nurse, served Japan’s state-endorsed birth control campaign as a “birth control field instructor” in rural Minamoto Village of Yamanashi Prefecture just west of Tokyo. Her work sheds light on the role of female health-care workers in health and population governance in 1950s Japan. Amari not only facilitated the “top-down” transfer of the state-sanctioned idea of birth control and contraceptives, as did other birth control field instructors, but also enabled the “bottom-up” flow of knowledge about people’s reproductive lives through her participation in the policy-oriented birth control research called the “three model-village study.” Contextualizing Amari’s engagement with the study elucidates how the state relied on the established role of female health-care workers as intermediaries between the state and the people. Finally, Amari’s contribution to the scientific aspect of the campaign may motivate historians to recognize the politics around the participation of female health-care workers in the science of birth control.

Organizational Factors and Health Care Workers' Physical Safety

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Lipscomb ◽  
Jeanne Geiger-Brown ◽  
Katherine McPhaul ◽  
Karen Calabro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Care Workers

Workplace verbal abuse and risk of occupational injury among health care workers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika L. Sabbath ◽  
Cassandra Okechukwu ◽  
David Hurtado ◽  
Glorian Sorensen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Care Workers
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