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Background: Occupational stress is a change in one's physical or mental state in response to workplace that pose an appraised challenge or threat to that employee and it is common to each and every organization at various levels of hierarchy. The healthcare professionals are no exception to this. Thus this study was done to determine the work related stress among healthcare professionals in Goa, India. Objective: To determine the occupational stress factors of healthcare professionals in Goa, using the questionnaire of Occupational stress index scale. Study Design: A cross sectional quantitative study design was chosen for the study. Methods: The nonprobability convenient sampling method was adopted to recruit the health care professionals practicing in Goa. Results: Healthcare professionals (n=40) practicing in Goa, aged above 20 years, both males and females were included in the study. According to the findings, 38% of participants were highly stressed, and 32% were moderately stressed. The factors significantly contributing to occupational stress were found to be role overload (mean=20.55), role conflict (mean=14.84), unreasonable group and political pressure (mean =13.67), strenuous working conditions (mean=13.2), under participation (mean =11.5) and role ambiguity (mean=11.4). Conclusion: The study concludes that the healthcare professionals in Goa, have significant work related stress and is mainly due to the the brain. Principal targets of this therapy are the motor thalamus (Vo & Vim) and the Globus Pallidus Interna (GPi), two areas of the brain involved in movement. RF procedures continue to play a role even in patients for whom DBS is the ideal surgery but is contraindicated or who would have difficulty maintaining the DBS device. This is also very cost-effective and in well selected cases, the results are excellent. role overload, role conflict, unreasonable group and political pressure, strenuous working conditions, under participation and role ambiguity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The objective of this study was to see the functional implication of excessive use of smartphones on postural behavior and see the effectiveness of a specially designed intervention (SDI) strategy for modulating postural behavior in patients with cervical spondylosis. Study Design: This was an experimental study. Methods: Experimental control design in which 32 subjects with cervical spondylosis were included in the study. The screening was done for smartphones using smartphone usage survey. The patients using the smartphone for more than 2 h per day were included. The baseline evaluation was done for the cervical spine range of motion and functional status using the Neck Disability Index. The subjects were randomly allocated to two groups. With group A, SDI strategy, and group B, the conventional treatment strategy was used for 8 weeks. Results: Between groups, the comparison was done. The mean scores were calculated (mean + standard deviation) for both group A and group B, and the P value was found to be significant (P < 0.05) for group A, for Neck Disability Index ([15.8 + 6.4] and [33.1 + 11.0], P <.001); lateral bending deviation ([3.2 + 2.4] and [5.4 + 1.9], P < 0.008); and lateral rotation deviation ([2.5 + 2.4] and [5.1 + 1.7], P < 0.002) at 8 weeks. Conclusion: The SDI treatment strategy is more effective than conventional strategies for improving pain and functional status and modulating postural behavior in patients with cervical spondylosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]