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Prevalence of Occupational Stress among Secondary School Teachers in Public Schools in the District of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Wickramasinghe, EP; Seneviratne, R De A; Gunawardana, NS; Sumathipala, A; Mallen, C

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EP Wickramasinghe

R De A Seneviratne

NS Gunawardana

A Sumathipala



Abstract

<jats:p>Teacher occupational stress is increasing globally. We aimed to determine the prevalence of occupational stress among secondary teachers, to advocate policies for prevention of occupational stress among teachers in Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional study included 1426 secondary teachers, selected using multistage cluster sampling from public schools of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Validated Teacher Stress Inventory-Sinhala (TSI-Sinhala) assessed occupational stress. Prevalence of high [15.9% (95% CI: 14.0%-17.8%)] and moderate [67.5% (95% CI: 65.1%-69.9%)] occupational stress among secondary teachers, resulted an overall high prevalence of 83.4% (95%CI: 81.4%-85.3%). Moderate occupational stress among female teachers (68.6%, 95% CI: 65.7-71.5%) was significantly higher than males (61.9%. 95% CI: 58.9-64.9%). Urgent attention to preventative interventions for occupational stress among teachers in Sri Lanka is recommended.</jats:p>

Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2022
Publication Date Jan 1, 2022
Journal Research in Health Science
Print ISSN 2470-6205
Pages p12 - p12
DOI https://doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v7n3p12
Keywords TSI-Sinhala, secondary teacher, occupational stress
Publisher URL http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rhs/article/view/4976

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