Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal
Background: Stress is a relationship between the person and the environment which has become one of the most serious health issues worldwide. Globally, the reported prevalence of stress shows 28% of men and 53% of women go through work-family stress. The prevalence is even more in Asian countries. I...
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| description | Background: Stress is a relationship between the person and the environment which has become one of the most serious health issues worldwide. Globally, the reported prevalence of stress shows 28% of men and 53% of women go through work-family stress. The prevalence is even more in Asian countries. In India, 87% of women are stressed for time to manage work and family. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among the working women of Pokhara Metropolitan. A stratified random sampling technique was used in the study. The total number of samples was divided into each category of the organization as per the percentage available. A self-administered structured questionnaire was given to all 183 women from the selected public as well as a private organization. Descriptive statistics were reported for demographic, socioeconomic, and various environmental as well as the nature of job-related factors of the respondents. A Chi-square test was used to find out the association between the variables. Results: This study revealed that the prevalence of job stress was 47.5% by Effort Reward Imbalance Questionnaire at mean score 40.08 (standard deviation ± 4.97). The age range of the participants was between 20 and 40 years, with a median age of 29 years. The majority of working women (61.2%) were from the age group of 20–30 years. The various factors found to be associated with job stress were participant's age, family type, health-care benefit at the office, and provision of health-care benefits. Conclusions: The findings of the study reveal that the overall prevalence of job stress was found to be 47.5%. Emphasis should be given to health-care benefits at the office of women as well as for the provision of proper family support and care during their job. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0baad248242e4489bbfebee96f5b1f092022-12-22T00:16:00ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of the Scientific Society0974-50092020-01-0147210510910.4103/jss.JSS_50_20Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, NepalJenny OjhaTulsi Ram BhandariRenu KarkiBackground: Stress is a relationship between the person and the environment which has become one of the most serious health issues worldwide. Globally, the reported prevalence of stress shows 28% of men and 53% of women go through work-family stress. The prevalence is even more in Asian countries. In India, 87% of women are stressed for time to manage work and family. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among the working women of Pokhara Metropolitan. A stratified random sampling technique was used in the study. The total number of samples was divided into each category of the organization as per the percentage available. A self-administered structured questionnaire was given to all 183 women from the selected public as well as a private organization. Descriptive statistics were reported for demographic, socioeconomic, and various environmental as well as the nature of job-related factors of the respondents. A Chi-square test was used to find out the association between the variables. Results: This study revealed that the prevalence of job stress was 47.5% by Effort Reward Imbalance Questionnaire at mean score 40.08 (standard deviation ± 4.97). The age range of the participants was between 20 and 40 years, with a median age of 29 years. The majority of working women (61.2%) were from the age group of 20–30 years. The various factors found to be associated with job stress were participant's age, family type, health-care benefit at the office, and provision of health-care benefits. Conclusions: The findings of the study reveal that the overall prevalence of job stress was found to be 47.5%. Emphasis should be given to health-care benefits at the office of women as well as for the provision of proper family support and care during their job.http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2020;volume=47;issue=2;spage=105;epage=109;aulast=Ojhaassociated factorsjob stressprevalenceworking environment |
| spellingShingle | Jenny Ojha Tulsi Ram Bhandari Renu Karki Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal Journal of the Scientific Society associated factors job stress prevalence working environment |
| title | Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal |
| title_full | Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal |
| title_short | Job stress and its associated factors among working women in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal |
| title_sort | job stress and its associated factors among working women in pokhara metropolitan nepal |
| topic | associated factors job stress prevalence working environment |
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