Assessment of Health and Wellness Practices among the Working Women in Western India

In India, women bear a multitude of obligations, including caring for dependents, raising children, and managing the home, all while compromising their own health. Numerous studies have demonstrated that women are experiencing higher levels of stress.

(1) To assess health- and wellness-related practices among working women in India. (2) To determine demographic and work-related factors associated with wellness among the working women.

It was an online cross-sectional study conducted by investigators at a tertiary care hospital.

Snowball sampling method was used in the study to get the responses from the participants. Total 441 responses were received, which were analyzed.

Descriptive statistics was calculated based on the type of data. The Chi-square test of significance was used to show the association.

The mean age of the participant was 39.61 years with standard deviation ± 7.89 years. Most of the participants were married, had higher education, and belonged to a nuclear family. They were working in different occupational sectors. Though the majority, i.e., 70.75% of the women, had good health and wellness score, a notable portion of women showed poor score, which had significant association with younger age and long job hours.

The findings indicate that younger age and long working hours are associated with poor scores. While a majority of women in this study report good health scores and satisfactory work-life balance, the significant percentage experiencing poor scores highlights critical areas for improvement.