Open Access
Subscription Access
Open Access
Subscription Access
A Study to Quantify & Compare Stress Levels & Lipid Profile in Working & Non- Working Women of Bangalore
Subscribe/Renew Journal
Background- Dyslipidemia is prevalent worldwide, mental stress & sedentary life style being major risk factors. Among working women lack of sleep, long working hours, commuting, meeting deadlines amount to physical stress that is part and parcel of job commitment. In non-working women there is availability of house help at hand & online facilities which reduce their physical activity. Many family issues & odd working hours may add to stress in them. Present study intended to quantify stress levels & compare it with lipid profile in working & non-working women.
Objective-
1) To quantify stress levels & lipid profile in working & non- working women.
2) Compare stress & lipid profile in working & non-working women.
Materials & Method- The study is done on 60 working & non- working women of Bangalore in age group of 20-40 years. Subjects with history of DM, HTN, CVD, thyroid disease were excluded. Informed consent was taken from all participants. After general examination & history taking -Stress score was assessed with perceived stress scale questionnaire. Lipid profile was assessed with 2ml venous sample after 8hrs of fasting. Students ‘t’ test is used for statistical analysis.
Results- Stress levels, LDL & Total cholesterol levels are significantly higher in working women. HDL levels were lower in same with P value of <0.05.
Conclusion- Dyslipidaemia found in working population may be due to increased stress score in them.
Keywords
- Phan BAP, Toth PP. Dyslipidemia in women: Etiology and management. Int J Womens Health. 2014;6(1):185–94.
- Kasper DL, Fauci AS, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL LJ. Harrion’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 19th ed. USA: McGraw-Hi11 Education; 2015. 1930-1934 p.
- Adhikari H. Anxiety and Depression : Comparative Study Working and Non-Working Mothers etween Anxiety and DepressionComparative Study Between Working and Non-Working Mothers Anxiety and Depression : Comparative Study between Working and Non-Working Mothers. Glob J Hum Soc Sci. 2012;12(1):1–9.
- Bhuvaneshwari M. A Case Study on Psychological and Physical Stress Undergone By Married Working Women. IOSR J Bus Manag. 2013;14(6):38–44.
- Susan.R. Women at work. In: F.H.Tyrer, K.Lee, editors. A synopsis of Occupational Medicine. 2nd ed. Bristol: John wright & sons; 1985. P 81.
- Rukmini.S. Bangalore on top: Women form 39% of city‘s workforce. The Times of India Bangalore [Internet]. 2013 May 13;
- Dr. Latha Krishnan. Factors Causing Stress among Working Women and Strategies to Cope Upn. IOSR J Bus Manag [Internet]. 2014;16(5):12–7. Available from: http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jbm/papers/Vol16-issue5/Version-5/C016551217.pdf
- Cohen S. Perceived stress scale - 10-item version. Psychology. 1994;1–3.
- Islahi F. Women , Work and Stress : Analysing the Liaison. Int J Indian Psychol. 2017;5(1):145–57.
- Costa G. Shift work and health: Current problems and preventive actions. Saf Health Work. 2010;1(2):112–23.
- Klein F, das Neves VJ, Costa R, Sanches A, Sousa T, Sampaio Moura MJC, et al. Dyslipidemia Induced by Stress. Dyslipidemia - From Prev to Treat. 2012;(May 2014).
- Parveen N. Investigating Occupational Stress Among Married and Unmarried Working Women. Dep Psychol Univ Sindh, Jamshoro. 2009;5(January):21–37.
- J sudha; Dr P Karthikeyan. Work life balance of women employees: a literature review. Int J Serv Oper Manag. 2018;29(1):100.
Abstract Views: 619
PDF Views: 0