SOURCES OF STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL IN ENUGU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Stress is one of the serious emotional and mental health problems spanning through the globe today because every human being has needs and wants and there is a deep hunger and enthusiasm in people to satisfy these demands. However, as effort is being made to satisfy these numerous needs one finds himself in a stressful situation. Stress is interwoven with life. The United Nation Organization -UNO (1992) reported stress to be the 20th century epidemic. World Health Organization -WHO (1996) pointed out stress as a World Wide Epidemic. The American Institute of Stress (2005) also opined that the biggest threat to health today is stress. Hence, stress was rated as American number one health problem. United Kingdom Health and Safety Executives -HSE (2005) estimated that over 13 million working days are lost every year because of stress as it is believed to trigger 70 per cent of visits to doctors, and 85 per cent of serious illnesses occurring in the United Kingdom. The cost of stress in t...