September 20, 2023 – Job-related stress increases the danger of heart disease in men, in accordance with a recent report within the Journal of the American Heart Association Circulation: Cardiovascular quality and outcomes.
It is already known that stress affects physical and psychological well-being. Work stressors include high workloads, tight deadlines and lack of autonomy.
The authors concluded that men who suffered from occupational stress or an imbalance between effort and reward had a 49% higher risk of developing heart disease than men who didn’t.
“Effort-reward imbalance occurs when employees invest great effort in their work but perceive the rewards they receive in return – such as salary, recognition or job security – as insufficient or unequal to the effort,” said the study's lead writer, Mathilde Lavigne-Robichaud, a doctoral student in population health on the CHU de Quebec-University Laval Research Center, said in an announcement CBS News.
CBS reported that men in each skilled situations were twice as more likely to develop heart disease as men who didn’t experience each stressors at the identical time.
The health effects of workload and effort-reward imbalance are concerning the same as the results of obesity on the danger of coronary heart disease, the study says.
“Given the significant amount of time people spend at work, understanding the relationship between work stress and cardiovascular health is critical to public health and workforce well-being,” said Lavigne-Robichaud. “Our study highlights the urgent need to proactively address stressful working conditions to create healthier work environments that benefit employees and employers.”
Researchers studied greater than 6,400 employees in Canada between 2000 and 2018. The participants had no heart problems. Their average age was 45 years. Their workload and effort-reward imbalance were in comparison with the incidence of heart disease. The results for ladies were inconclusive.