ABSTRACT
In present era stress remains a favorite subject of research especially in medical profession because with high competitive roles and responsibilities, this profession serves the need of mankind. Assessment of professional stress in female medical doctors employed at different tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan. The cross-sectional non-experimental survey. Different tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. November, 2012 to July, 2013. Internationally validated and standardized questionnaire was used as survey tool for present research. It was distributed to total two hundred and twenty eight 228 female medical doctors. Total 191 respondents filled the research survey. 64.39% were MBBS, 20.42% were BDS and 15.18% were postgraduate respondents. Cronbach's alpha was 73.60%. Mean age of respondents was 29.32 +/- 6.96 years, average stress score was 12.09 +/- 4.33 with average years of experience were 4.58 +/- 5.57 years. Stress scores on the basis of demographic variables like age groups, experience, qualification and marital status showed average scores in range between10-12 units. However, high frequency of respondents scored moderate to severe stress when probed on the basis of levels of stress they have possess. Categorizing the equation for stress scores observed in the present survey as, MBBS respondents showed more stress units i.e., 12.50, BDS doctors have had 11.50 units stress and postgraduate respondents had 10 units stress scores. Results concluded that stress in female medical professionals is never underestimated as it is clearly indicated through present survey that all female respondents possess average job stress which need to address