Author:
Joshi Krupal,Modi Bhautik,Singhal Sanjay,Gupta Sanjay
Abstract
Occupational stress is a harmful response particularly physical and emotional, due to a mismatch between job requirements and the qualifications, resources, and worker’s needs; its chronic form is termed “Burnout.” Stress among health care workers is multifactorial. Its prevalence among healthcare professionals ranges from 27−87.4%. Occupational stress is a significant reason for physical and mental health, substance use, work-related delay, absenteeism, and emigration rate. Additionally, it can lead to patient safety concerns and poor quality of care. The mismatch between job requirements and the available resources, work overload, working environment, work experience, workplace conflict, gender discrimination, marital status, educational status, job satisfaction, and not being rewarded were some of the factors significantly associated with occupational stress among health care professionals. Moreover, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic introduced additional stressors, such as staff redeployment and the fear of infection. WHO identified good primary health care as fundamental for achieving universal health coverage without financial hardship. Healthcare professionals’ physical and mental well-being is crucial for attaining this. Developing culturally and organizationally appropriate early interventions is the need of the hour to prevent a health care worker from entering a stress level that is non-adaptable beyond their coping abilities.
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