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Objective:To assess the contributing factors of occupational stress and frequency of antidepressant medicine use among healthcare providers working at Isra University Hospital.Study Setting: IsraUniversity Hospital, Hyderabad Sind Pakistan.Study Design: Cross-sectional.Materials and Methods:All the health care providers of Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad of either gender formed the sample of the study. A structured questionnaire in English language was designed to gather data on factors contributing to occupational stress. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20.Results:The impact of work stress on work performance was explored in 100 study participants. The results indicated that 87% of study sample affirmed that stress lead topoor performance. Out of all participants, 79% were female and 21% were males. The analysis of stress elevating factors showed that 56% study participants had stress due to low salary, 17% felt stress due to seniors ‘negative attitude’ and 15% due to low job satisfaction. Result showed that 27.0% subjects reduce stress by sharing with theirfriends, 25% by prayers, 21% use the music during stress, 19.0% share with family and 8% using the antidepressant medicine during stress.Conclusion:It was concluded that low job satisfaction, lesser pay and seniors’ attitude are common contributing stress factors. Sharing with family and friends, music, prayers and use of the antidepressant medicine were the common methods of stress reduction
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Background/objectives: To assess the quality of life among patients presented with chronic post-stroke patients in our population. Materials and methods: This was a survey type study conducted at physiotherapy department of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Science. Study duration was six months from June 2014 to November 2015. All the patients with the chronic stage of stroke, age 20 to 60 years and patient should not have any disability other than stroke were included study. Patient’s demographic data and information regarding quality of life was assessed by self-maid questioner. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16.0. Results: Total 100 cases were selected in the study, their mean age was 45.35+3.4 years, most of the cases 73 (73.0%) were with right side affected by stroke. Majority of the cases 47 (47.0%) had acceptable health and 18 (18.0%) patient’s health was poor. 66 (66.0%) patients presented with a history of previous stroke. Most of the patients were moved by help of someone, almost half of patients can move by himself, few patients can’t move and they were completely dependent on others. When patients were interviewed psychologically 41 (41.0%) patients feeling lonely and 31 (31.0%) were depressed and unhappy, 19 (19.0%) had suicidal thought. When patients were interviewed regarding behavior with your family 36 (36.0%) answered as not good behavior of family members, these cases justified that they belong to the poor families and they are as a burden. Conclusion: It was concluded that there was poor quality of life among chronic post-stroke patients especially patients belongs to poor families