Impact of wellness indicators on intellectual dimensions of medical teachers of Karachi: Findings from cross sectional study

• Published in: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-04, Vol.70 (4), p.655-659
• Main Authors: Rehman, Rehana, Syed, Sadiqa, Hussain, Mehwish, Fraz, Tayyab Raza, Shaikh, Saif Ullah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Education, Medical - standards; Evaluation; Faculty - psychology; Faculty - standards; Faculty - statistics & numerical data; Female; Health aspects; Health Status; Humans; Male; Medical school faculty; Mental Health - standards; Occupational Health; Occupational safety and health; Pakistan; Psychological aspects; Quality of life; Social Class; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teaching - standards; Universities; Workplace - psychology; Workplace - standards
• ISSN: 0030-9982
• DOI: 10.5455/JPMA.19316

To measure impact of social, spiritual, occupational, physical, financial and emotional wellness on intellectual wellness of medical teachers. The cross-sectional study was conducted at 8 medical universities in the Sindh province of Pakistan from January 2012 to December 2014, and comprised faculty members. Using a self-administered questionnaire, teachers' responses on physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, occupational and financial spokes of the wellness wheel that were graded on a 4-point Likert scale. Generalised linear models were executed to find the best predictive scores for intellectual wellness. Out of 300 subjects approached, 261(87%) returned the questionnaire fully completed. Of them, 86(33%) were males and 175(67%) were females. Occupational wellness followed by spiritual, financial and emotional wellness depicted significantly high correlation with IW (p