A Comparative Study of Work Stress among Working Females Getting Paid and Working Women Unpaid (Housewives) During Pregnancy.

IF 0.8 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-31 DOI:10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_179_22

Hepzibah S David, Rajnarayan R Tiwari

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Abstract

Introduction: The potential impact of employment on pregnancy is an important issue as several occupational factors have been reported to be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes through increased work stress. The current study was undertaken among pregnant women to understand the difference in pregnancy-related stress among pregnant working women getting paid (WWP) and working women unpaid (WWU) (housewives) and to assess workplace stress among working WWP.

Methods: A total of 426 study participants which included 213 participants in each group were recruited from a tertiary care hospital in Chennai. All the study participants were interviewed using an A-Z scale to understand pregnancy-related stress while WWP were also interviewed using Workplace Stress Questionnaire (WSQ).

Results: It was observed that the mean score of WWP was significantly higher than the mean scores of WWU (t = 94.63; df = 1, P = 0.000). Those WWP who were working for >8 h daily had higher scores as compared to those working for ≤8 h.

Conclusion: The study shows that the WWP had work stress in addition to background pregnancy-related stress.

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怀孕期间有报酬的职业女性和无报酬的职业妇女（家庭主妇）工作压力的比较研究。

引言：就业对怀孕的潜在影响是一个重要问题，因为据报道，一些职业因素与工作压力增加导致的不良妊娠结局有关。目前的研究是在孕妇中进行的，目的是了解获得报酬的孕妇和无报酬的孕妇（家庭主妇）在妊娠相关压力方面的差异，并评估工作中的工作压力。方法：从金奈的一家三级护理医院共招募426名研究参与者，每组213名参与者。采用A-Z量表对所有研究参与者进行访谈，以了解妊娠相关压力，同时采用工作场所压力问卷（WSQ）对WWP进行访谈。结果：WWP的平均得分显著高于WWU的平均得分（t=94.63；df=1，P=0.000）工作时间≤8h。结论：研究表明，WWP除了与妊娠相关的背景压力外，还存在工作压力。

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