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Occupational Stress among Indian Doctors during COVID-19

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Stuti Prakash 1 Dr. Vanishree Pabalkar 2

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Background: There is growing evidence that psychiatric illnesses due to workplace stress (Wong, 2008) are more common in medical professionals worldwide (stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia) and feelings of emotional exhaustion, and it was found to be related to shortfalls in regime of health and wellness. Emerging content in support of the truth that Indian health care professionals (Dasgupta, 2009) are now operating under pressure due to the workplace condition, and the current COVID-19 pandemic has also amplified (Elbay, 2020), and we need to research the occupational stress among Indian doctors more than any other time, that can carry out observations from the data gathered during this review, which will be crucial in identifying the problem at hand and providing appropriate data-backed recommendations for changing the status quo. Aim: To analyse various aspects of Occupational Stress among Indian doctors during COVID19 which might lead to a lack in the efficacy of execution in patient treatment. Materials and Methods: In order to capture and evaluate psychological responses from Indian Medical Professionals and related characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic, an online study with the help of survey has been conducted. It comprises of three sub divisions addressing topics pertaining to the following key areas.: (1) sociodemographic data (2) Stress at the workplace during COVID-19(3) information on individuals` working condition. Results: Factors found to be related to higher workplace stress in line staff healthcare professionals were as specified: Increased average operating hours, increased number of patients treated for Covid-19, reduced level of peer and supervisor assistance, lower logistic aid, and lower sentiments of performance during activities related to Covid-19. Moderate or mild level of stress was encountered by approximately two-thirds of the sample. Depression, anxiety or fatigue is linked to reduced extravagance in fun gatherings, verbal or physical violence in patient/caregiver hands, perceptions that colleagues do not display concern for patients and also towards their peers. Conclusions: The latest study indicates a marginally greater proportion of Indian doctors who encounter stress, fatigue and burnout experiences. Long working hours and negative patient related effects (attributed to lack of per patient time, overloaded with critical stressful cases), the predominance of tension, anxiety depression, and emotional exhaustion is associated with detrimental doctor patient experiences and uncomfortable group dynamics among colleagues. Our studies have found the possible reasons that create workplace stress that need to be taken into account when battling a catastrophe that has a significant effect on civilization globally, to protect the emotional health of physicians

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