Professionals geting conscious about health, says MSU survey

Prashant Rupera | TNN | Updated: Apr 6, 2020, 11:46 IST

VADODARA: Majority of people are finding the 21-day lockdown period the best time to learn new things. They are focusing on their health like never before, are getting more time to do yoga or exercises and happy to be with their families. These are the findings of a quick survey of working professionals conducted by a team from M S University’s Faculty of Management Studies (FMS).
The survey carried out by associate professor (HR) Dr Sunita Sharma and her student Tejashree Nirgude was done on 100 working professionals who were asked to give their views on ‘work from home’ and effects of lockdown on their work life.
“We had carried out the survey on a mixed group of professionals, including HR executives, those handling operations and finances and those handling essential services, all in the age group of 30 to 50 years,” said Sharma.
“We are going to continue this survey in phases. The first phase was to gauge the initial reaction of working professionals in the first week of lockdown. We will analyze results of other weeks of lockdown period and then make a comparative analysis of whether their perception changes,” she said.
So far, the response from majority of professionals is positive. “As many as 81 % of those surveyed said they have become more conscious about their health while 69 % said they get enough time to do yoga and exercises. Over half of those surveyed said their stress level has also reduced while working from home,” Sharma added.