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Impact Of Wellness Indicators On Intellectual Dimensions Of Medical Teachers Of Karachi: Findings From Cross Sectional Study, Rehana Rehman, Sadiqa Syed, Mehwish Hussain, Tayyab Raza Fraz, Saif Ullah Shaikh
Impact Of Wellness Indicators On Intellectual Dimensions Of Medical Teachers Of Karachi: Findings From Cross Sectional Study, Rehana Rehman, Sadiqa Syed, Mehwish Hussain, Tayyab Raza Fraz, Saif Ullah Shaikh
Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Objective: To measure impact of social, spiritual, occupational, physical, financial and emotional wellness on intellectual wellness of medical teachers.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at 8 medical universities in the Sindh province of Pakistan from January 2012 to December 2014, and comprised faculty members. Using a self-administered questionnaire, teachers' responses on physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, occupational and financial spokes of the wellness wheel that were graded on a 4-point Likert scale. Generalised linear models were executed to find the best predictive scores for intellectual wellness.
Results: Out of 300 subjects approached, 261(87%) returned the questionnaire fully completed. Of …