Prevalence of psychosomatic diseases among police personnel of Navi Mumbai
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Stress manifests itself in different ways and may limit the performance of police personnel. It manifests as fatigue, chronic headaches, irritability etc. A cross sectional study was conducted to identify various psychosomatic disorders among police personnel by using stratified random sampling with proportional allocation. Data was collected with the help of pretested and semistructured proforma by personal interview. Data was analyzed using statistical techniques like percentage, proportion. Among all 240 participants 85.42% were male and 14.58% female majority of them were from the age group of 30 – 49 years, study reveals that Disturbed sleep (75.83%), Acidity (42.08%), Anxiety (37.91%), Headache (33.75%), Backache (28.90%) and Depression (28.30%) were the common psychosomatic diseases among the participants. Study also reveals the significant association of Acidity and Hypertension in Class II cadre of police personnel.
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Satish More, Amol Gaikwad, Pallavi Shelke
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