SINGAPORE: A examine of burnout amongst working adults in a number of Southeast Asian international locations confirmed that whereas the Philippines (70.71%) had the best prevalence of worker burnout, together with despair, nervousness, and stress, Malaysia had the bottom (58.13%).
The burnout prevalence price in Singapore, in the meantime, was at 66.84%. Furthermore, Singapore additionally had the best prevalence of burnout amongst healthcare staff, at 39.0%.
The examine confirmed that working greater than 50 hours every week and excessive dissatisfaction contributed to greater burnout charges.
Psychological well being in Singapore
Final 12 months, one other examine appeared into the variety of adults in Singapore who expertise delicate depressive or nervousness signs. The High quality of Life examine by the Nationwide Council of Social Service (NCSS) confirmed that simply over one in 4, or 26%, of adults in Singapore mentioned they expertise these signs. Nevertheless, 19% reported experiencing average signs, and seven% mentioned they skilled extreme signs.
Amongst youthful Singaporeans, these aged between 15 and 24, the prevalence of despair and nervousness is even greater.
Final 12 months’s Nationwide Youth Psychological Well being Research confirmed that the general prevalence of 14.9% of extreme and very extreme signs of despair. In the meantime, the prevalence of extreme and very extreme signs of tension amongst youths in Singapore was proven to be at 27%.
Ladies (28.9%) had the next prevalence of despair than males (25%).
People who suffered from extreme and very extreme despair signs had been between the ages of 20 and 24 (20.9%). They had been additionally unemployed (29.7%), had a technical diploma (25.9%), had been of Malay ethnicity (23.3%), and earned lower than S$5,000 (19.4%).
Notably, younger individuals within the NEET class (NEET: Not in Schooling, Employment, or Coaching) had the best prevalence of extreme and very extreme signs of despair (29.8%) and nervousness (38.4%).
“Physique form considerations, day by day smoking, and shallowness had been considerably related to extreme and very extreme signs of despair and nervousness. The excessive prevalence of extreme and very extreme ranges of despair and nervousness highlights the necessity for complete and accessible psychological well being companies tailor-made to the distinctive challenges confronted by youths,” the examine mentioned.
In 2021, the Ministry of Well being mentioned that round 49,800 Singapore residents obtained therapy for psychological well being points every year from 2016 to 2019. /TISG
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