Factors Responsible for Contributing Anxiety among the Working Women in Punjab

Assessment of factors responsible for contributing anxiety among the working class women is paramount to prevent health issues. The present pilot study was carried out to estimate the relationship between lifestyle associated factors among adult working women of Punjab. The study was carried out from April, 2019 to July, 2019 and included 130 participants randomly selected from two different districts of Punjab state (Ludhiana and SBS Nagar). Anxiety associated life style factors of working women having the age between 21–55 yr were analyzed by self report and incorporated percentage of body mass index, daily exercise, food habits, sleeping habits, and metabolic disorders etc. Correlation between different anxiety causing variables were also calculated. The results showed that only 29 per cent of working women were indulged in daily exercise, eating meals (74.80%), taking regular sleep of 6-8hr (87.78%), drinking water at regular interval (76.33%), feel free in discussing with family members (53.43%), with both relatives and friends (50.38%), colleagues (13.74%) and rest 5.34 per cent with relatives etc. Only 23.66 per cent women had normal BMI and 41.22 per cent were pre-obese due to sedentary life style. There was positive co-relation between age with exercise, sleep with exercise, diet with sleep and satisfaction of life with sleep. The study concluded that healthy diet with regular exercise and taking sound sleep of 6–8 hr reduces the incidence of anxiety.