Work Stress Raises Blood Pressure
Friday, June 30, 2006
Stress at work is bad for your blood pressure
Sometimes things that we think we know intuitively still need analysed and researched before we can be sure of them.
Canadian researchers followed about 7000 office workers for more than seven years and found that those with high job demands, and low levels of support in the office, tended to have higher blood pressure than other workers.
The relationship between work stress and high blood pressure was stronger among men than among women.
The study found that men with high job strain had higher blood pressure and were at greater risk of blood pressure increases over time than those with less stressful work.
The research also found that men and women who said they got little support from their bosses and co-workers seemed particularly vulnerable to the blood pressure effects of job strain.
Read more about job stress and high blood pressure here
Sometimes things that we think we know intuitively still need analysed and researched before we can be sure of them.
Canadian researchers followed about 7000 office workers for more than seven years and found that those with high job demands, and low levels of support in the office, tended to have higher blood pressure than other workers.
The relationship between work stress and high blood pressure was stronger among men than among women.
The study found that men with high job strain had higher blood pressure and were at greater risk of blood pressure increases over time than those with less stressful work.
The research also found that men and women who said they got little support from their bosses and co-workers seemed particularly vulnerable to the blood pressure effects of job strain.
Read more about job stress and high blood pressure here
