Impact of night shift work on anxiety in IT professionals
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2015-01-12
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S Vyasa
Abstract
A number of different psychological disorders have been found in night shift work including
insomnia, anxiety, depression.
Aims:
The purpose of the present study was to assess the level of anxiety in night shift IT
professionals.
Settings and Design:
The cross sectional design study consists of sample 100 employee (50night shift+50day shift)
recruited from two different IT company based in Bangalore, India. Their age ranged from 22
to 34 years.
Methods and Material:
The Assessment packets include questionnaire such as Spielberger’s State Trait Anxiety
Inventory (STAI).
Results:
The data analysis has shown that night shift IT workers has more anxiety levels than Day
shift workers and poor quality of life.
Conclusions:
Night shift IT professionals have more anxiety level than day shift IT professions.
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Anxiety, IT professionals, Night shift, 2015, January