Prevalence of Mental Stress and Myalgia in Software Professionals

To Ascertain the Prevalence of Mental Stress and Myalgia in Software Professionals through Online self-report questionnaire Software developers from various locations participated in this descriptive, cross-sectional study, which was conducted in online from February 2022 to August2022. A non-probability purposive sampling strategy was used to choose people who spend at least 6 hours per day in front of computers and have at least 6 months of work experience. An easily completed questionnaire was used to obtain the data. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 21. Of the 100 individuals, 31-45 yrs Age Group of 49% and 73% are males in this study. According to The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) and Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire. “Mental score of Mean 21.3 comes under likely to have mild psychological distress and Physical score of Mean 11.10 comes under minimal disability.Neck pain brought on by using a computer extensively is likely to occur at least occasionally.