Work related stress and its anticipated solutions among post-graduate medical resident doctors: A cross-sectional survey conducted at a tertiary municipal hospital in Mumbai, India

Abstract

There is a high level of work related stress among the resident doctors registered for postgraduate clinical studies at a tertiary Municipal hospital in Mumbai. One of the perceived stress busters is regular physical exercise that is structured and under supervision.

Non-technical skills and health care provision in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

“…43 Finally, a study involving Indian residents echoed these findings in identifying excessive clinical demands, poor onsite living facilities, not enough break time, a threat from deadly infections and an environment not conducive to clinical training as the greatest contributors to job-related stress. 44 These findings are all compatible with the 'demands' in Cox's balance model of stress, which suggests that acute stress occurs when demands on individuals outweigh their perceived control of the situation. 40 The latter study was the only one to identify strategies to reduce stress.…”

“…Similarly, a study involving critical care nurses in South Africa identified the following stressors: patient complexity, demanding workload, role uncertainty, difficult intraprofessional relationships, poor communication, lack of sufficiently trained personnel, shift work and nurse migration . Finally, a study involving Indian residents echoed these findings in identifying excessive clinical demands, poor onsite living facilities, not enough break time, a threat from deadly infections and an environment not conducive to clinical training as the greatest contributors to job‐related stress . These findings are all compatible with the ‘demands’ in Cox's balance model of stress, which suggests that acute stress occurs when demands on individuals outweigh their perceived control of the situation .…”

“…The synthesis of the attitudes, [28][29][30][31]33,38 opinions 25,27,32,34,35,39,41,42,44 and behaviours 24,25,27,37,44 characterised in this review is an important first step in identifying the NTS in LMICs. Although the major skill categories have been found to be similar across different industries and different medical specialties, 9 the specific skill elements and behaviours have been found to vary across settings.…”

Does emotional intelligence upon interaction with perceived stress, moderate burnout among resident doctors? A study from West Bengal, India

“…In conformity to the current study, Swami found significant association of burnout with residents' workload which also was supported by Rajan. 17,20 However, Gander found long working hours and roster instability to be independently related to fatigue-related clinical errors; and sleepiness while driving. 21 In contrast to these findings, Shirom et al found that workload was the sole factor which mediated its effects through perceived stress on burnout.…”

Working condition and work-life balance of working women in a tertiary care hospital in a metropolitan city of Tamil Nadu: a cross sectional study

“…Most of the studies on quality of working conditions and work-life balance were conducted only among nurses in the healthcare industries and very few of them on doctors but none of the study included all the women staffs such as human resource (HR) women, hospital administrators (HA), secretaries, attenders, housekeeping women, doctors and nurses to the best of our knowledge. [5][6][7] With this background, the current study attempted to assess the working condition, balance of work and family life using work life conflict scale and also to establish the association of certain sociodemographic variables with work-life balance scores of married women working in tertiary care medical college hospital.…”