Open AccessPrevalence of Stress and Quality of Sleep Among Employees in Selected Industries
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-5435
DOI - 10.33140/ijp.04.02.05
Subject(s) - work (physics) , applied psychology , affect (linguistics) , psychology , quality (philosophy) , stress (linguistics) , work stress , data collection , sleep (system call) , simple random sample , social psychology , environmental health , medicine , statistics , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , population , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , communication , epistemology , operating system
Background: Every person’s expectations or desire is to make their life physically and mentally strenuous. The obstacleswhich prevent the person from achieving them, which may be personal or environmental in nature, can make life stressful.Pressure at the workplace is unavoidable due to the demands of the contemporary work environment. Pressure perceived asacceptable by an individual, may even keep workers alert, motivated, able to work and learn, depending on the availableresources and personal characteristics. However, when that pressure becomes excessive or otherwise unmanageable it leadsto stress. Stress can damage an employees’ work performance and also this type of work pressures affect the employeesquality of sleep.Aim: The main aim of the current study was to know the prevalence of stress and quality of sleep among employees.Materials and methods: Quantitative research approach was used for this study. 100 samples including male and femaleemployees in industry were selected by simple random sampling technique. The data collection was done by using StandardProcess Stress Assess and Modified Pittsburgh Rating Scale. The data were analyzed by using mann whitney.Result: The data reveals that out of 100 employees, 42 (42%) of them have low stress, 58 (58%) of them have moderate levelof stress and there is no severe stress. 43 (43%) of them have mild sleeping disturbances, 57 (57%) of them have moderatesleeping disturbances and there is no severe sleeping disturbances.Conclusion: The main study was to assess the prevalence of Stress and quality of sleep among employees working in Industry.This study revealed that the prevalence of stress and sleeping disturbances high among employees.