Poor sleep and work stress are associated with a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in employees with hypertension, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
If you are finding it hard to deal with the pressure at the workplace, there is more reason to worry. New research has found that work stress and impaired sleep are linked to a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in employees with hypertension.
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‘Work-related stress and impaired sleep are directly associated with raised blood pressure and the risk of death due to heart disease. Employers should provide stress management and sleep therapy in the workplace, especially for workers with chronic conditions like hypertension.
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"Sleep should be a time for recreation, unwinding, and restoring energy levels. If you have stress at work, sleep helps you recover," said study author Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
"Unfortunately poor sleep and job stress often go hand in hand, and when combined with hypertension the effect is even more toxic," Ladwig said.
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Work-related stress in women are higher when compared to men, finds a leading psychiatrist from the City of London.
The study included around 2,000 hypertensive workers aged 25-65, without cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
Compared to those with no work stress and good sleep, people with both risk factors had a three times greater likelihood of death from cardiovascular disease.
People with work stress alone had a 1.6-fold higher risk while those with only poor sleep had a 1.8-times higher risk, the study said.
In the study, work stress was defined as jobs with high demand and low control for example when an employer wants results but denies authority to make decisions.
"If you have high demands but also high control, in other words, you can make decisions, this may even be positive for health," said Ladwig.
"But being entrapped in a pressured situation that you have no power to change is harmful," Ladwig added.
Source: IANS
Women Suffer More Work Stress Than Men
Work-related stress in women are higher when compared to men, finds a leading psychiatrist from the City of London.
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The study included around 2,000 hypertensive workers aged 25-65, without cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
Compared to those with no work stress and good sleep, people with both risk factors had a three times greater likelihood of death from cardiovascular disease.
People with work stress alone had a 1.6-fold higher risk while those with only poor sleep had a 1.8-times higher risk, the study said.
In the study, work stress was defined as jobs with high demand and low control for example when an employer wants results but denies authority to make decisions.
"If you have high demands but also high control, in other words, you can make decisions, this may even be positive for health," said Ladwig.
"But being entrapped in a pressured situation that you have no power to change is harmful," Ladwig added.
Source: IANS
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