IJCRR

IJCRR - 13(13), July, 2021

Pages: 240-244

Assessment of Security Officers’ Perceived Stress in a Tertiary Care Setting

 

 

Author: Sngeeta Patil, Dhanjay Kamble, Mahadeo Shinde

Category: Healthcare

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Abstract:

Introduction: The job of a security guard is extremely difficult because it requires working overnight shifts in a hostile atmosphere. The aggressive and violent relatives of the thieves are another factor that the security officers working in the hospital need to take into consideration. They go through stressful situations due to the nature of their employment and the amount of strain they are under. In today’s world, day-to-day existence is fraught with demands, problems, and tight deadlines. Many people experience stress on such a regular basis that it has become a routine part of their lives. There are times when stress is beneficial. In low dosages, it has the potential to improve a person’s performance and drive them to achieve their full potential. Aims: The purpose of this study is to determine how stressed out the security guards at the Tertiary Care Hospital in Karad feel they are. Methods: The current study involved 79 participants, and it made use of a method called convenient sampling to choose them. For the purpose of determining stress levels, a questionnaire based on the perceived stress scale (PSS 10) was utilized. The current study uses an adequate random sampling strategy to collect 79 samples from the security guards working in Karad’s tertiary care hospital. For the purpose of this study, Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (PSS 10) was utilized. Result: Majority There was a perceived level of moderate stress among 64.56% of security guards, while there was a perceived level of light stress among 20.25% of security guards. Only 15.19% of security guards reported having extreme stress levels in their jobs. There was a statistically significant connection between socioeconomic factors such family income, food pattern, and smoking behavior. There is no statistically significant connection between any of the other socio-demographic factors, such as age, gender, the kind of family, the amount of alcohol consumed, and so on. The findings of this study indicate that security guards are exposed to a significant amount of stress on the job. In order for children to be able to deal with this stress, they need to develop suitable coping techniques. Conclusion: Specific measures to alleviate the stress of security guards linked with commonly recurring causes, as well as measures to increase performance associated with compensation and independence, are effective in improving the overall quality of the employees in their work environment.

Keywords: Perceived, Stress, Security Guards, Environment, Children, Hazardous

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