Sleep deprivation has been hinted to have a deleterious effect on health workers who are involved in multitude of life saving tasks, which often require more attention and concentration. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the national health portal (Government of India) have now recognized sleep deprivation as a public health epidemic. The main effects of sleep deprivation include physical effects (sleepiness, fatigue, or hypertension), cognitive impairment (deterioration of performance, attention, concentration and intellectual capacity and increase of the likelihood of accidents) and mental health complications. Rotational night shift work is often accompanied by insufficient sleep and disruption of circadian phase, each related to repeated errors on task performance as a result of lapses in attention and increased reaction time. Maintaining good quality of sleep is vital for the establishment of positive health and physical/mental well-being; nonetheless, lifestyle and environmental factors are progressively causing hitches in sleeping. Individuals with shift work sleep disorders need a customized and comprehensive therapy that includes counselling, yoga/meditation and behavioural therapy along with requisite pharmacological management, as and when warranted.
Background and Aims:
Due to multiple reasons like prolonged sitting and postural demands, software engineers are prone to develop musculoskeletal problems, which can be easily alleviated by practicing proper Ergonomic posture in their workstation. The main objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of Ergonomics Principles and Workplace Practice among the software engineers working in a private firm.
Methodology:
This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 403 software engineers working in a private firm, Chennai.
Results:
Among the 403 study participants, 85.6% had musculoskeletal problem in any area of focus. Only 9% had adequate ergonomic knowledge and only fewer among them practice it adequately.
Conclusion:
The study revealed higher prevalence of musculoskeletal problem, lower prevalence of knowledge about Ergonomic principles and much lower prevalence of appropriate practice of Ergonomic principles. This can be alleviated by a simple primary care like ergonomic education and practising.
Background: Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women worldwide, impacting 2.1 million women each year. In India, it accounts for the second most common cancer in women. Around 80,000 cases are estimated to occur annually and it accounts for 14% of all cancers in women. In 2018-627,000 women died of breast cancer globally -greatest number of cancer related deaths. The increasing incidence of breast cancer in economically developing countries is influenced likely by lifestyle changes and growing urbanization. Breast cancer is distinguished from other types of cancer by the fact that it occurs in a visible organ and can be detected and treated at an early stage. But the awareness and practice of breast selfexamination (BSE) is low which this study tries to explore. Materials and Methods: It is a cross sectional study done in a teaching medical college among the paramedical female students. 200 participants were included using simple random sampling. The questionnaire was administered after getting informed consent and the results were analyzed using IBM-SPSS software version 21. Results: In our study among the 200 participants 174 (87%) of them are aware of the disease breast cancer. Among the 174 participants for 72 participants internet was the major source of information about breast cancer. There was a strong association between the education of the mothers and awareness of breast cancer among students (p=0.026). Among 112 participants who are aware of Breast self-examination (BSE) only 17 had performed.
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