Stress, Cause Workers More Often Treated to a doctor
The effects of stress are not only related to the emotional or psychological, but also physically. For workers who are familiar with the stress in their daily life, they are known to be more frequent doctor visits.
People who suffer from stress because of his work to visit GPs more often 26 percent and 27 percent visit a specialist more often than workers who are low stress levels.
This was revealed in a study published in the journal BMC Public Health. The study was conducted by analyzing data Canadian National Population Health Survey with respondents aged 18-65 years.
Levels of job stress are determined by the control of workers over a decision as well as psychological demands in the workplace. The researchers also divided the respondents in some vulnerable areas of work stress, such as trade, professional, mechanical, healthcare, field service, managerial, and agriculture.
“Quite a lot of research that shows stress had a direct impact on the immune system. People who are stressed are more susceptible to disease are known,” says lead researcher Mesbah Sharaf, researchers from Canada.
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, United States, also examine how stress affects the immune system by increasing levels of cortisol or stress hormones. If the stress hormones that are in circulation for a long time the result is a decrease in endurance.
Other research also showed poor working environment affects the health of workers. People working in an inhospitable environment, be it the support of colleagues or superiors, have worse health status than people who work in a pleasant working environment.
We can recognize the signs of stress began to attack.
First is the change in psychology to be irritable, frustrated, and feeling helpless. Stress can also arise in the form of physical disorders such as insomnia, headaches, nausea and heartburn.
