Job Stress Effect and Negligence of Personal Health Education on Civil Servant Retirees in Mbo LGA

This paper is centered on job stress effect and negligence of personal health education among civil service retirees in Mbo LGA. This aim of this studey is to establish the causes of job stress, ascertain different categories of job stress, neglect in personal health and the aftermath effect of job stress on retirees. The study was carried out among 153 civil service retirees in Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. This research adopted the Expost-facto research design. A single questionnaire tagged “Job Stress Assessment on Neglect of Physical Health Questionnaire for Civil Service Retirees (JSANPHQCSR)” was developed and used for the study. The contents of the research include 72 items that make up for demographic variables, work stress, physical and mental symptoms, personal and professional job behavior. For this study, analysis of variance and independent t-test were the two hypotheses formulated and tested for validation . The results obtained from the research showed that job stress has significant effect on physical and mental health of the retirees. It also established that there was a significant difference in the job behaviour of highly stressed civil servants. The inference drawn from the findings, suggested that the Federal government and Akwa Ibom State government should improve the welfare of civil servants. One of the study recommendations was to boost the morale of civil servant by constantly involving them in general policy or decision-making concerning their welfare. Their salary should be reviewed and that they should be promoted as at when due.