Stress Assessment among BSF Personnel at Bangalore base Camp - A Cross-Sectional Study

A cross sectional study was carried out on Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Bangalore base camp to assess the physical and mental stress and its relationship with age, duration of service and life satisfaction. A questionnaire study was done on 263 BSF personnel and the data was statistically analysed using student‘t’ test. Physical stress was higher in older age groups (p < 0.001) compared to younger age group which increased with number of years of service (p < 0.001) and mental stress was high in younger age group (p=0.008). Life satisfaction scores were lower in younger age groups compared to older age group. Physical stress increased with age and duration of service in contrast to mental/behavioural stress which was high among the younger group. Life satisfaction score were lower in younger age group.