@Article{, title={Association between Occupational Stress and Hypertension in a Sample of Female Physicians}, author={Marwah Alaa Kamal and Ali Abd Ali Sahib}, journal={IRAQI JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE المجلة العراقية لطب المجتمع}, volume={34}, number={1}, pages={30-36}, year={2021}, abstract={Background: Occupational stress is involved in the development of hypertension and there are different numbers of studies examined the occupational stress aspects including job insecurity, strain and control, satisfaction, work hours, and perceived dissatisfaction.Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension among female physicians, to identify associations between occupational stress and hypertensive status and to evaluate socio-demographic characteristics in female physicians.Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted on 600 female physicians in Baghdad and Al-Imamein Al-Kadhimaein Medical Cities, through the period March 15th till August 15th 2019.The study tools used were calibrated mercury sphygmomanometer to measure the blood pressure, Occupational Stress Index Scoring System was used to measure severity of occupational stress and structural questions socio-demographic data for (age, body mass index, marital state, number of children, number years of work, work hours/week, physician's specialty categories).Results: The study showed that the prevalence of hypertension was 30%, mean age 37.74 years ± 6.7 years. High stress level was higher among surgical/anesthetic department. The occurrence of hypertension and age, BMI, marital state, number years of work, work hours/week of the present study showed significant relationship between them but number of children showed inversely relationship. Conclusions: Nearly two third of participants with high occupational stress had hypertension. Keywords: Occupational stress, hypertension, female physicians.

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