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Review
. 2019 Jan-Apr;23(1):3-6.
doi: 10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_5_18.

Stress among Workers in Diamond Cutting and Polishing Occupations

Girijesh Kumar Yadav  1 , Sunil Kumar  1 , Mahatam Mishra  1
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Review

Stress among Workers in Diamond Cutting and Polishing Occupations

Girijesh Kumar Yadav et al. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Jan-Apr.

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the level of stress among diamond workers with respect to their job task. Three hundred and forty-two diamond workers were enrolled from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with age ranging between 18 and 60 years, belonging to five different job tasks - ghat tarasi (N = 37), table cutting (N = 35), talia bottom (N = 123), athpel (N = 78), and mathala (N = 69). Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS) was used to assess the level of stress among diamond workers. Results showed a mild level of stress (M = 15.41, SD = 8.7) among diamond workers. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed no significant difference in stress scores across different job tasks except ghat tarasi workers. Ghat tarasi workers did not exhibit stress. Hence, the level of stress among diamond workers have not been significantly influenced by their job task apart from ghat tarasi workers.

Keywords: Diamond workers; job task; stress.

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Figure 1
The number of subjects found on various levels of stress among 342 diamond workers
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The mean value of stress scores of diamond workers of five job task groups
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