Evaluation of occupational stress among software professionals and school teachers in Trivandrum.

ABSTRACT

Background: Occupational st res s has become a major and costlierprobl em in modern life. Software profession and teaching profession are two most discus sing professions of the time. Object ives The study was conducted to evaluate the professional l ife stres s level among software professionals and school teachers in Trivandrum dis trict of Kerala, India and to compare their stress level s. Material and Methods: A cross sectional survey was carrie d out among 504 software professionals and 504 s chool teacher s using a closed ended Professional Life Stress questionnaire which consists of 24 questions. Mann- Whitney test and Chi-square test were used for the comparison. Resul t s Out of 504 software professional s and 504 school teacher s, for 23% of software professionals and 85% of school teacher s, stress was Not a Problem in their life. 71% of software professional s and 15% of school teachers were in Moderate Stress level. For 6% of software professionals Stress was a Problem in their life. Conclusion: Both software professional s and school teachers were experiencing stress due to their occupation. The software professionals were suffering higher stress than school teachers.