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Is monday a syndrome?

Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Çelik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz.

Abstract
Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate and compare the anxiety levels of office workers employed in a public health department and see if there was a difference between the 5 days of a week.
Methods: A sociodemographic form, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I and II) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were performed to 50 office workers and 6 managers working only in morning shift in Ardahan Public Health Department in every working day of a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Questionnaires were filled during 3 weeks for a better rating. SPSS 17.0 program was used to analyze the collected data.
Results: Mean Monday STAI-I score was 39.14, although showing clinically significant anxiety levels, it was not statistically significant. Mean STAI-II score for Monday was 40.84, which is a statistically significant anxiety level. Analyses to determine the differences among days showed significant differences between Monday STAI-II score and the STAI-II scores of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. BAI scores were also different among days and these differences were statistically significant between Monday-Wednesday, Monday-Friday, and Thursday-Friday. Minority of the participants (15-30%) has shown a steadily increasing anxiety level from Monday to Friday.
Conclusion: High anxiety levels on Mondays as a psychosocial state affects more than half of the workers. When preparing weekly working schedules, work load should be homogeneously dispersed. On the other hand, we also observed a group that has an increased anxiety level on Friday, this observation needs further researches.

Key words: Monday Syndrome, anxiety, monday, office workers


 
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Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. [Is monday a syndrome?]. PBS. 2014; 4(4): 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809


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Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. [Is monday a syndrome?]. https://www.pbsciences.org/?mno=162988 [Access: December 17, 2023]. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809


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Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. [Is monday a syndrome?]. PBS. 2014; 4(4): 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809



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Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. [Is monday a syndrome?]. PBS. (2014), [cited December 17, 2023]; 4(4): 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809



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Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz (2014) [Is monday a syndrome?]. PBS, 4 (4), 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809



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Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. 2014. [Is monday a syndrome?]. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 4 (4), 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809



Chicago Style

Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. "[Is monday a syndrome?]." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 4 (2014), 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz. "[Is monday a syndrome?]." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 4.4 (2014), 152-6. Print.Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Can Sait Sevindik, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Selime Celik Erden, Esra Kolat, Mehtap Akdeniz (2014) [Is monday a syndrome?]. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 4 (4), 152-6. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20141121035809