Your Stressful Job Is Going To Give You A Stroke — Trending News

However, the studies linked it to a higher incidence of heart complications, higher blood pressure as well as a wide array of medical conditions that lead to a spike in the risk of stroke. One of the study researchers, Dr. Yuli Huang said there must be many factors involved in the link between high-stress jobs and the risk of stroke.

The analysis found that people with high stress jobs had a 22 percent higher risk of stroke than those with low stress jobs.

They classified different jobs into four groups based on how much control workers had over their jobs and how hard they worked, or the psychological demands of the job. Physical burdens were not taken into consideration. Other jobs include a high degree of control and have low demand, meaning they are considered low stress jobs. Low-stress jobs are those with low demand and high control, such as natural scientists and architects. No increased risk of stroke has been found in people with active and passive jobs.

Researchers believe that stressed-out employees are more likely to fall into unhealthy habits when compared to those in low-stress situations-with a 58 percent higher stroke risk for those in the high-stress category.

High-stress jobs have a risky impact on our health, study reveals. Lastly, active jobs were the most stressful, as they required more effort but also gave workers higher levels of control.

In the six studies, the proportion of those with high-stress jobs ranged from 11 per cent to 27 per cent of the participants.

Work stress is also associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as metabolic syndrome, high body mass index, impaired glucose metabolism, and dyslipidemia, the researchers noted, and may lead to neuroendocrine disturbances like over-activation of the sympathetic nervous system.

In a report from Reuters, Dr. Jennifer J. Majersik from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, said that, “everyone intuitively knows that stress increases illness in general, and this shows work stress increases stroke risk”.

The findings of the new study out of Guangzhou were published on Wednesday 14 October in the journal Neurology. The other common form of stroke, hemorrhagic, which is caused by a broken blood vessel in the brain, was less linked to job strain.

Whatever the biological explanation, these results highlight the urgent need to find the resources to transform stressful jobs.

Xu suggested that the risk could be reduced by increasing access to cognitive behavioral therapy and relaxation therapy, especially in women. Huang added, “It is vital for people with high-stress occupations to address these lifestyle issues”.