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Work Environment,Stress andburnout among Security Personnel during Covid 19 Pandemic
Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research ; 13(1):178-186, 2022.
Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1791338
ABSTRACT

Background:

Odisha was also affected by the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2), responsible for the COVID-19 disease. For its mitigation the health system in a tertiary care institution was frantically deploying all personnel like from health , security, food handlers , dealing with transportation.

Objective:

Our aim was to assess exposure, perceptions, workload, and possible burnout of Security personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic and to suggest specific recommendations based on the study findings.

Methodology:

The type of study was a cross sectional study, placed at Cuttack district in Odisha. Time Period of this study was Aprilto June 2021. 465 were finally included in the study. On the days of the mental health status assessment security personnel's were appraised and accordingly a predesigned, pretested questionnaire was implemented to them.

Results:

57.5% males and 67.2% females were at the risk of burn out while 38.4% and 32.4% were at the edge of severe burn out. There was a significant difference in the mean score between those aged less than 30 years at F (5.434, 2) and those between 30 to 50 years as well as those aged above 50 years with p- value 0.008 and 0.009 respectively.

Conclusions:

Specific strategies have to be recommended and adapted like changing work pattern taking breaks, avoiding overtime, balance work with life. The task should include different skills to cope with stress, time managementand social support from family, friends and peer. Besides this various relaxation strategies to promote fitness, developunderstanding of life, counseling, better sleep, exercise, and good balanced nutrition.
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Language: English Journal: Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Language: English Journal: Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research Year: 2022 Document Type: Article