Iqra Khan, Muzna Munir, Muqadas Chaudhry.
Cross sectional survey of stress among doctor of physical therapy teachers, in Lahore.
J Med Sci Jan ;28(1):59-63.

Objective: To determine the level of stress among the academic side in Doctor of Physical Therapy teachers and also to identify the age and gender specific patterns of stress in the target population.Material and Methods: Data was collected from different Physical Therapy institutes of Lahore, Pakistan. The study period was from February 2016 to August 2016. The results were calculated from 61 participants as per response rate of teachers. The study time period was seven months. The age range was 22 to 50 years including 20 male and 41 female teachers. Stress questionnaire of NUT (National Union of Teachers) was used for this study with demographic data. The qualitative variables were demonstrated through frequency tables and graphs where needed.Results: The results showed that out of 61 respondents who were willing to participate in this study 78.7% (n=48) had mod-erate level of stress at their job, while 21.3% (n=13) had low level of stress at their university/college.Conclusion: A large number of Doctor of Physical Therapy teachers have moderate level of stress. With the increasing age the stress related to teaching increased and there was no strong correlation between the gender and stress.

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