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Evaluation of an intervention package to reduce occupational stress among secondary school teachers: a cluster randomized study
| العنوان: | Evaluation of an intervention package to reduce occupational stress among secondary school teachers: a cluster randomized study |
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| المؤلفون: | Buddhini Denuwara, Nalika Gunawardena, Madhubhashinee Dayabandara, Dulani Samaranayake |
| المصدر: | Journal of the College of Community Physicians, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Occupational stress, Intervention package, Teachers, Clus ter randomized trial, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Introduction: Prevalence of occupational stress (OS) among seconda ry teachers in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka was found to be 83.4% in 2017, indicating the need for an intervention t o prevent its effects. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to reduc e OS among secondary teachers in Sinhala medium government schools in the district of Colombo Methods: A cluster randomized trial (SLCTR/2019/017) used cluster s of 10 secondary schools in Colombo District, which were assigned randomly to intervention and control arms; each ar m had 300 teachers. A package of nine-sessions of cognitive behavioural (CB) and relaxation technique-based activities designed through evidence generated in a systematic review was delivered as interactive group sessions over a period of si x months. Effectiveness of the intervention in reducing OS was assessed after four weeks using multivariate Generalized E stimating Equation analysis. Reducing psychological distress and adopting healthy lifestyles were assessed as secondary out comes of the intervention. Results: Intervention was significantly effective in reducing OS (OR=0.3; 95% CI=0.2, 0.5), psychological distress (OR=0.03; 95% CI=0.01, 0.07) and smoking (OR=0.09; 95% CI= 0.01, 0.7) among the teachers. It also significantly increased the knowledge about OS (OR=0.6; 95% CI=0.5, 0.7), hea lthiness of diet (OR=0.3; 95% CI=0.2, 0.4), level of adequate physical activity (OR=3.2; 95% CI=2.1, 4.9) and effecti ve coping of OS (OR=0.2; 95% CI=0.17, 0.3). The relative risk reduction (RRR) of OS with the intervention remained at 22.6%, the absolute risk reduction (ARR) was 19.4% and the number needed to treat (NNT) was five. Conclusions & Recommendations: The intervention package wa s highly effective to reduce OS among secondary teachers and is recommended to be incorporated to the basic training of teachers or implemented through the school health programme. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1391-3174 2579-1451 |
| Relation: | https://account.jccpsl.sljol.info/index.php/sljo-j-jccpsl/article/view/8618; https://doaj.org/toc/1391-3174; https://doaj.org/toc/2579-1451 |
| DOI: | 10.4038/jccpsl.v30i1.8618 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/814da424065a47859fb5bf26fdb1e62c |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.814da424065a47859fb5bf26fdb1e62c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 13913174 25791451 |
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| DOI: | 10.4038/jccpsl.v30i1.8618 |