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Review
. 2019 Aug 28;8(8):2568-2572.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_431_19. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Health problems in healthcare workers: A review

Aroop Mohanty  1 , Ankita Kabi  2 , Ambika P Mohanty  3
Affiliations
Review

Health problems in healthcare workers: A review

Aroop Mohanty et al. J Family Med Prim Care. .

Abstract

Much has been written about the well-being and quality of patients in recent years but little attention has been focused on well-being of healthcare workers (HCWs) who provide comprehensive healthcare to patients. It has been found that the HCWs are more stressed because of less staffs, increasing work load, longer working hours, high clientele expectation and peculiar problems and hazards of work place. There is increased morbidity in HCWs in comparison to general population. Though they are aware, measures of well being, engaging the HCWs in promotion of their workplace and making changes to enhance its realization needs to be done to improve their health by themselves, at administrative and institutional level.

Keywords: Healthcare workers; health problems; occupational hazards.

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