Prevalence of Psychosocial Problems among Female Employees (A Study in Aligarh)

Abstract

Occupational mental health not only creates an impact on the professional life and performance given by an employee but it is also responsible for affecting the quality of personal life lead by the employees.Depression and anxiety are the most common psychosocial crisis that the female employees undergo while trying to give their best performance both at home and at the workplace. Recent studies have proved that married woman with young children show more anxiety and depression. This study aimed at analyzing the impact of the Psychosocial problems faced by female employees. In this regard, the objective of this study was set to assess the prevalence of psychosocial problems among female employees. A cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2019 to June 2020. Stratified random sampling was done in female employees in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. A pre-tested semi-structured proforma was used. The study was being done on 378 participants. All the data were entered and analysed in SPSS-20.0 To find out the association between certain variables Chi-square/Fisher Test was used. Among the study participants, 26.7% of working female employees falls below 25th percentile of psychological well-being. This indicates that majority (73.3%) of the female employees have higher psychological well-being. 24.6% of working female employees falls below 25th percentile of Social Well-being. This indicates that majority (75.4%) of the female employees have higher SWB. Only 40% of the doctors scored above 25th percentile of Social Well-being which is the least in terms of the percentage among all the occupational categories of the working women. Among the nursing officer, more than three-fourth (n=166; 78.7%) scored above 25th percentile on PWB scores whereas, 21.3% (n=45) of nursing officer scored below 25th percentile. The Psychological Well-Being is significantly associated to the occupation of the women. The Social Well-Being is significantly associated with Occupation of the women.