A Survey of Tertiary Hospital Security Guards' Perceptions of their Own Stress Level
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Background
In modern life is full of hassles, deadlines frustrations and demands. For many people stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Stress is not always bad. In small doses, it can help a person perform and motivate to do the best. Research Methodology-For the present study 79 samples are taken from the security guards in tertiary care hospital, Karad by using appropriate random sampling technique. perceived stress scale (PSS 10) by Cohen was used for this study.
Result: Majority 64.56% of security guards had moderate perceived stress level and 20.25% of security guards had mild perceived stress level. Only 15.19% of security guards had severe perceived stress level.There was significant association between socio-demographic variables such as family income, dietary pattern and smoking habit. There is no significant. Association between other socio-demographic variables such as age, sex, type of family, alcohol consumption etc. Conclusion -Specific measure to reduce stress of security guards with frequently occurring causes and measure to improve performance associated with compensation and independence with helpful to improve the standard of the employees in their job setting.
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