Background and Objectives: Nursing profession involves spending a great deal of mental, emotional and physical energy on caring for others. This study was done to assess perceived stress among nurses working in tertiary care hospital. The objective of this study was to study perceived stress among nurses working in tertiary care hospital. Methods: A cross sectional study was done on nursing staff of a government-medical college. 178 participants were included by systematic random sampling method. Perceived stress scale (PSS 10) questionnaire was used to assess stress scores. MS Excel sheet and SPSS were used for data entering and statistical analysis. Results: The mean PSS score was 20.01 (+ 4.45 SD). 12 (6.7%) were under low stress, 152 (85.4%) were under moderate stress and 14 (7.9%) were under severe stress. Conclusion: This study identified that doctors and nurses do face considerable amount of stress at workplace. Appropriate coping strategies must be adopted by them to cope up with this stress.
Background and Objectives: Caregivers of children with intellectually disability experiences high level of emotional, financial and physical stress. The aim of this study is to assess the risk of depression among caregivers of individuals with intellectually disability. Methods: A cross sectional study was done on caregivers of intellectually disabled individuals who has attended Psychiatry outpatient, Department of Government Medical College. 60 patients diagnosed with ID were included by systematic random sampling method. Objective data was collected in a special proforma. Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to assess risk of depression among caregivers of Individuals with Intellectually Disabled. MS Excel sheet and SPSS were used for data entering and statistical analysis. Results: On PHQ-9 scale, 71.7% of caregivers had depression out of which, 26.6% shows minimal symptoms of depression, 20% had mild depression, while 13.4% had moderately severe depression and 11.6 % had major severe depression while 28.3% of caregivers had no depression. Depression was more common in females (36.6%) than males (35%). Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among caregivers of Individual with intellectually disabled was higher in this study. The risk of depression was higher in female caregivers as compared to male caregivers.
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