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Introduction: Medical students experience considerableamount of stress related to various domains such as academicrelated, social related, interpersonal related etc. It is importantto look for the levels of stressors among medical students andintervene at appropriate time in order to improve the qualityof medical professionals.Material and methods: A cross sectional study was conductedamongst undergraduate medical students by providing astructured Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ20) to assess the stressors. Stresses related to academic related,social related, interpersonal related data were statisticallyanalyzed.Results: This study included 136 students (73% females and27% males). The mean age and BMI of the participants were21.24 ±1.74 years and 21.7 ± 3.3 kg/m2 respectively. This studyshowed that medical students experience moderate levels ofstress in all the domains of stress and a significant increase isnoted in academic related stress (ARS) than other domains (pvalue <0.0001) followed by group activities related stress andsocial related stress.Conclusion: ARS is acting as a major stress factor amongall the stress domains in medical students of this studypopulation. Appropriate measures should be taken to promotethe physical and mental well-being of medical students andthereby ensuring academic excellence and good qualitymedical professionals.
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Background: Housekeeping staff play an important role in maintaining the health and hygiene in the hospitals. The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that more than 125 million workers are victims of occupational accidents and diseases in a single year. Each year an estimated 2.2 million men and women die from work related injuries and diseases and 160 million cases of new diseases arise globally. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of existing morbidities among housekeeping workers at a tertiary care hospital in South India.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken in a private tertiary care hospital in south India for a period of one year (2017 September – 2018 September). Housekeeping workers who had work experience of more than one year in the current work place were enrolled in the study (n=168). The health of the workers was assessed to pick up the prevalence of various morbidities.Results: In the study population majority 133 (79.2%) were females and most of them 117 (69.64%) were in the age group of 30-49 years. There was statistically significant difference between work tenure and hypertension and diabetes (p<0.05). The common morbidities found among the study population was dental carries 111 (66.0%), pallor 24 (14.0%) and musculoskeletal disorders 20 (11.9%).Conclusions: Periodic examination and immediate corrective measures are advisable to protect the health of employees at risk. Stress management principles can be implemented to enhance physical and mental health. There is need for safety training program for housekeeping workers in the hospital.