Investigating the Factors Affecting General Health among Staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: In light of the fact that physical and mental health disorder may lead toquantitative and qualitative decline in employee employment, paying attention to their mentaland general health requirements is very important and vital. Therefore, this study is intended toaddress the factors affecting the general health of staff.Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the staff of Mazandaran University of MedicalSciences was investigated using a multistage sampling method in 2017.The tool for collectingdata was a two-section questionnaire including demographic data and GHQ-28 scale. Data wasanalyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Data analysis was performed by SPSSsoftware using independent t-test, one way ANOVA and Spearman correlation coefficient.Findings: Of 125 subjects studied, 64 percent of all staff at the University of Medical Scienceswere suspected of having physical or mental disorders. General health has a direct relationshipwith the job status and physical activity. In addition, there was no statistically significantdifference between the variables of age and work experience as well as the score of thesubgroups of general health, while there was a significant difference between the total score ofgeneral health and educational level.Conclusion: The results obtained in this study showed that more than half of the employees areaffected by some aspects of the physical and mental problems that this issue is of greatimportance. Paying attention to factors such as lack of physical activity, undesirable job statusand occupational stress can probably have a significant role in improving the existing conditions.