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Title: Prevalence of undiscovered fatigue among Indian corporate workers and the factors associated with it: results from a cross-sectional mailed questionnaire-based survey

Authors: Dr Suman Biswas, Dr Shuvankar Mukherjee, Dr Nabanita Bhattacharyya, Dr Biswanath Sharma Sarkar

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i9.01

Abstract

     

Introduction: Fatigue and its attributes among corporate sector workers are not well studied in India. The present study was conducted with the objective to find out the level of fatigue among corporate workers across four major cities in India and to find out the factors associated with it.

Methods: Both Male and Female workers between age 24 to 40 years old working in the corporate sectors in 4 big cities in India were asked to fill up an anonymous 20-item questionnaire over the internet. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 20.0. 

Results: About 80% of the respondents had moderate to severe fatigue score while 20% had mild fatigue score. Univariate analysis showed that consumption of coffee 61(p=.028), and tea during work 84 (p=.042), and smoking cigarettes 36 (p=.042) and recreational cannabis usage 24 (p=.033) were significantly more frequent among those with moderate to severe fatigue score. However, binary logistic regression analysis revealed that female sex, night shift of work and alcohol consumption during work were significantly higher in the population with moderate to severe fatigue in comparison to mild fatigue. Females are almost 6 times (p=.003, CI=1.851-18.369), night shift workers almost 11 times (p=.029, CI=1.268-89.833) and those who consumed alcohol during work were 11 times more affected with moderate to severe fatigue (p=.045, CI=1.058-118.115).

Conclusion: A large proportion of the study subjects suffered from moderate to severe fatigue which showed a significant relationship with female sex, night shift work and alcohol consumption.

Keywords: Shift Work, Fatigue, Corporate Workers, India, Prevalence of Fatigue, Mental health.

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Corresponding Author

Dr Shuvankar Mukherjee

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India