Psychosocial Problems in Traffic Police: Cross Sectional Survey Using COPSOQ
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
In India police services have always been one of the most challenging and stressful services and with changing times it is becoming even more so. The major brunt of this job is borne by traffic police as they are the one responsible for managing the chaos and ensuring smooth flow of traffic. They have to face potentially hazardous situations that can result in physical or mental trauma while they are discharging their duties. Their work stress can be further aggravated because of their personality traits or wrong coping methods. Therefore, apart from physical fitness, they have to be mentally fit to do full justice to their duties. Thus we aim to assess psychosocial problems faced by the traffic police by using the ‘Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire’. A community based cross-sectional survey study was conducted among 270 traffic police in Navi Mumbai, India. From the data it appears that traffic police haveCognitive demand and behavioral stress, with good vitality. Measures such as reduction of duty hours, appropriate work shifts, recruitment of more staff would decrease stress and improve physical and psychological well-being. Physical training along with will help to enhance their work efficiency. Keywords: Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire, Traffic Police.
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Shweta Satish Devare Phadke, Priyanka Patra, Rauf Iqbal
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