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Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 191 - 198

Occupational stress, anxiety and depression among Egyptian teachers

Authors
Dalia Desoukya, b, *, daliadesouky1234@gmail.com, Heba Allamb, hebaallam81@gmail.com
aDepartments of Public Health and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
bDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt
* Corresponding author at: Departments of Public Health and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Alsalama Street, Taif City, Saudi Arabia.
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Received 23 March 2017, Revised 13 May 2017, Accepted 17 June 2017, Available Online 18 July 2017.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2017.06.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Occupational stress; Anxiety; Depression; Egyptian; Teachers
Abstract

Occupational stress (OS) among teachers predispose to depression and anxiety. No study was done to assess these problems among Egyptian teachers. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of OS, depression and anxiety among Egyptian teachers. A cross sectional study was done on 568 Egyptian teachers. The respondents filled a questionnaire on personal data, and the Arabic version of the Occupational Stress Index (OSI), the Arabic validated versions of Taylor manifest anxiety scale and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used to assess OS, anxiety and depression respectively. The prevalence of OS, anxiety and depression among teachers was (100%, 67.5% and 23.2%) respectively. OS, anxiety and depression scores were significantly higher among teachers with an age more than 40 years, female teachers, primary school teachers, those with inadequate salary, higher teaching experience, higher qualifications and higher workload. A significant weak positive correlation was found between OS scores and anxiety and depression scores. This study indicated the need for future researches to address risk factors of OS and mental disorders among Egyptian teachers, and the need of periodical medical evaluation of teachers and medical and psychological support for the identified cases.

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© 2017 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
7 - 3
Pages
191 - 198
Publication Date
2017/07/18
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2017.06.002How to use a DOI?
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© 2017 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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