Assessment of Professional Stress at the Port Autonome de Conakry (PAC) in 2020


Authors : TOURE H; NDIAYE .M; TOURE CA; BALDE MB BAH .H

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7844403

Abstract :  Introduction Stress is defined by Lazarus, Folkman (1984) and Stora (2002) as being a psychological state resulting from the perception of an imbalance between the perceived expectations and the self-evaluation of one's own capacities to meet the demands of the task. . objective: to assess the stress among workers at the Autonomous Port of Conakry.  Materials and Methods This was a prospective study of a descriptive type which lasted six (06) months from 06 Jan 2020 to 06 July 2020. It focused on the workers of the Autonomous Port of Conakry.  Results Our study focused on 222 employees of the Autonomous Port of Conakry who were all subordinates. In our series, the 41-60 age group was the most represented with 52.25% and the majority of our respondents had a seniority of between 1-15 years or 68.46%. The employees of the Autonomous Port of Conakry who participated in our study were mainly 82.89% men, 45.04% smokers and 12.16% alcoholics. Conclusion: It appears that stress is a very common condition among workers at the Autonomous Port of Conakry. This state is mainly blamed by workers in work-related tasks. Better work organization with a reduction in the workload or an increase in the number of workers would allow better management of stress among these workers.

Keywords : Stress - Occupation – Port- Workers.

 Introduction Stress is defined by Lazarus, Folkman (1984) and Stora (2002) as being a psychological state resulting from the perception of an imbalance between the perceived expectations and the self-evaluation of one's own capacities to meet the demands of the task. . objective: to assess the stress among workers at the Autonomous Port of Conakry.  Materials and Methods This was a prospective study of a descriptive type which lasted six (06) months from 06 Jan 2020 to 06 July 2020. It focused on the workers of the Autonomous Port of Conakry.  Results Our study focused on 222 employees of the Autonomous Port of Conakry who were all subordinates. In our series, the 41-60 age group was the most represented with 52.25% and the majority of our respondents had a seniority of between 1-15 years or 68.46%. The employees of the Autonomous Port of Conakry who participated in our study were mainly 82.89% men, 45.04% smokers and 12.16% alcoholics. Conclusion: It appears that stress is a very common condition among workers at the Autonomous Port of Conakry. This state is mainly blamed by workers in work-related tasks. Better work organization with a reduction in the workload or an increase in the number of workers would allow better management of stress among these workers.

Keywords : Stress - Occupation – Port- Workers.

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