Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress
Occupational stress is caused by various reasons such as workload and long working hours. Thus, numerous Occupational Safety and Health practitioner have showed a concern towards occupational stress issue and started on promoting mental health awareness at workplace. Meanwhile, there is an occurr...
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| author | Nur Aishah, Binti Nor Hashim |
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| description | Occupational stress is caused by various reasons such as workload and long working
hours. Thus, numerous Occupational Safety and Health practitioner have showed a
concern towards occupational stress issue and started on promoting mental health
awareness at workplace. Meanwhile, there is an occurrence of trend in using wellness
activities to treat physical and psychological illness which is known as complementary
therapy. It is a type of treatment which can also be described as a non conventional
medicine. Some of the examples are Yoga, Aromatherapy, Qi gong, and Islamic Medical
Practices (Ruqyah). Therefore, this research offered a perspective on the use of
complementary therapies as a tool in improving and maintaining mental health condition
of employees. 5 complementary therapy practitioners were interviewed and distributed
with questionnaires for this study to satisfy the research objectives on identifying the
perceptions towards the use of complementary therapy, to identify what are the type of
therapy that can be practiced to reduce stress and how do the therapies affect
occupational stress. It is found that complementary therapy is very beneficial as it act as
a holistic treatment, natural way of healing and more empowering as it helps to improve
employee's mental, emotional and physical health. |
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| spelling | unimas-123452016-06-16T03:12:07Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12345/ Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress Nur Aishah, Binti Nor Hashim H Social Sciences (General) Occupational stress is caused by various reasons such as workload and long working hours. Thus, numerous Occupational Safety and Health practitioner have showed a concern towards occupational stress issue and started on promoting mental health awareness at workplace. Meanwhile, there is an occurrence of trend in using wellness activities to treat physical and psychological illness which is known as complementary therapy. It is a type of treatment which can also be described as a non conventional medicine. Some of the examples are Yoga, Aromatherapy, Qi gong, and Islamic Medical Practices (Ruqyah). Therefore, this research offered a perspective on the use of complementary therapies as a tool in improving and maintaining mental health condition of employees. 5 complementary therapy practitioners were interviewed and distributed with questionnaires for this study to satisfy the research objectives on identifying the perceptions towards the use of complementary therapy, to identify what are the type of therapy that can be practiced to reduce stress and how do the therapies affect occupational stress. It is found that complementary therapy is very beneficial as it act as a holistic treatment, natural way of healing and more empowering as it helps to improve employee's mental, emotional and physical health. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12345/1/Complementary%20therapy%20as%20an%20approach%20in%20managing%20occupational%20stress%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12345/2/Complementary%20therapy%20as%20an%20approach%20in%20managing%20occupational%20stress%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Nur Aishah, Binti Nor Hashim (2015) Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Nur Aishah, Binti Nor Hashim Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| title | Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| title_full | Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| title_fullStr | Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| title_short | Complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| title_sort | complementary theraphy as an approach in managing occupational stress |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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