Occupational Stress among Tertiary Eye Care Providers: A Narrative Review

Author(s): Mayuri Dev, Dr. Nayan Gupta, Barsha Rokaya and Shobha Gupta

Abstract:

Occupational stress concerns have grown in the healthcare industry, particularly in specialised settings like tertiary eye care centres. Occupational stress, particularly in tertiary eye care hospitals, significantly impacts healthcare professionals' well-being and productivity, leading to issues like depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular diseases. Elements like lack of support, low control, and imbalanced rewards contribute to stress, which can also cause conditions like Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), affecting vision and performance. So, employee stress has increased because of the heavy demands placed on healthcare personnel in hospitals, which range from emotional difficulties to technical competence. To analyse the effects of occupational stress on healthcare professionals at tertiary eye care facilities and the possible stress management techniques, this review examines the research which is conducted between 2020 and 2024. The literature search included keywords using Boolean operators on the PubMed and Google Scholar databases, and no language restrictions were applied. 
It was found that due to work-life balance challenges and technical competence, healthcare professionals are suffering from mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion. The need for proper policies for mapping emotional and mental status among healthcare workers is very high. This might increase the quality of treatment and quality of life of both healthcare workers and patients. The results highlight the essentials of better work conditions, mental health support, and organisational changes to reduce stress and improve patient care outcomes.

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