Stress at work - the focal point of illness

Massive daily workload with heavy work schedule and long working time make people become exhausted and suffer from numerous diseases.

(Photo: softpedia, VNE) Studies have shown that workplace pressures can increase the incidence of heart disease, influenza, digestive disorders and high blood pressure. Stress also changes the beneficial aspect of certain tasks that require physical activity, leading to arteries thickening in stressed workers compared to those who are physically active but not stressed.

A 5-year study (from 1998 to 2003) on 677 workers in Israel showed that those who were exhausted at work were 1.8 times more likely to have type 2 diabetes.

Stress also causes unhealthy behaviors such as eating poorly or drinking too much alcohol, leading to health problems. In the new study, the researchers showed that stress could have an effect on the body's ability to process glucose, leading to diabetes. The results also showed that fatigue in the workplace is easy to make people sick, similar to other factors such as high body index, smoking or lack of exercise.

When workplace stress cannot be controlled, depletion can lead to the synthesis of three symptoms: fatigue on the soul, physical discomfort, cognitive decline.

This stage is different from the temporary hardship after a period of rest. The cause of workplace fatigue is lack of motivation, compliments, insecurity at work, frequent exhaustion of labor and sexual harassment, as well as daily conflicts and events.

Of the 677 Israeli workers mentioned above, nearly 70% are men with an average age of 43. They do different jobs, divided into 5 categories: senior management, supervision, and jobs like Engineers, teachers, computer experts, non-professionals and self-employed.

The questionnaire shows that half of them are severely depleted. Among them, 17 people have type 2 diabetes.

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