The Impact of Work-Related Stress on Heart Health: Findings from Canadian Research Studies

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – We spend most of our days in the week at work, and most of the time in the day at work.

With so much time spent at work, it is natural that your work life affects your life, thoughts, happiness and health.

Launching from Times of IndiaFriday (22/9/2023), according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, male workers who experience stress and feel underappreciated are twice as likely to develop heart disease.

Meanwhile, a team of Canadian researchers spent two decades studying stress and what’s known as “Effort-reward imbalance,” or ERI on heart health.

The researchers looked at 6,465 office workers, men and women, for a total of 18 years from 2000-2018. The participants did not have cardiovascular disease. 3,118 participants were men and 3,347 women, with an average age of 45.

Other Studies

According to another study published in Frontiers in Psychology, “in the ERI model, work-related stress is conceptualized as a lack of fairness between effort expended and rewards received in the workplace.”

Study lead author Mathilde Lavigne-Robichaud, RD, MS, doctoral candidate, Population Health Research and Optimal Health Practices Unit, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center in Quebec, Canada, said, “Job strain refers to the work environment in which employees face a combination of high job demands and low control over their work.

Canadian researchers also studied the impact of stress and ERI on coronary collapse.

2023-09-24 03:36:42
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