This common ailment can be caused by working long hours
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Working long hours? Here’s what it does to your health
There are many reasons why you might want to improve your health.
Increasing productivity in your job or business could be a major driving factor.
The more hours of work, the more work we can get done, right?
Well, at some point, working begins to affect health in a detrimental way.
Then, you need to find ways to step back and work fewer hours.
Sometimes less is more.
We can see the effect of overwork on health when we look at the relationship between high blood pressure and working long hours.
This human research was carried out at the Laval University, Social and Preventive Medicine Department, Université Laval, Québec. The results were published in the journal Hypertension.
Over the years, there have been a number of studies which have looked at the effect of work hours on high blood pressure.
“Previous studies on the effect of long working hours and blood pressure have shown inconsistent results.”
The authors of this paper believe that these inconsistent results may be down to authors not figuring masked hypertension into their research.
“Mixed findings could be attributable to limitations related to blood pressure measurement and the lack of consideration of masked hypertension.”
Masked hypertension occurs when blood pressure doesn’t show up in the doctor’s office — but is present in daily life.
Most people, blood pressure goes up when they visit the doctor.
The opposite happens in people with masked hypertension.
It’s estimated that around 10 to 20% of the population may have masked hypertension.
It is associated with all of the problems attributed to hypertension diagnosed in the doctor’s office — except that it often goes undetected.
“Masked hypertension was defined as clinic blood pressure < 140/90 mm Hg and ambulatory blood pressure ≥135/85 mm Hg.”
This study set out to look at the effect of working hours on blood pressure — including masked hypertension.
“The objective was to determine whether individuals who work long hours have a higher prevalence of masked and sustained hypertension.”
The researchers analyzed data collected from over 3000 participants.
The participants had blood pressure readings taken three times during a five year period.
“Data were collected at three time points over five years from 3547 white-collar workers.”
The participants supplied information about their working hours when they were getting their blood pressure readings taken.
“Long working hours were self-reported.”
The study found that long working hours were clearly associated with an increased risk of masked hypertension.
“Long working hours were associated with the prevalence of masked hypertension.”
Those who work long hours had a significant increase in the risk of masked hypertension…
…even when the researchers adjusted for other factors which are known to affect blood pressure.
Long working hours were associated with sustained high blood pressure too.
Sustained high blood pressure means that it was high at work and at the doctor’s office.
“The association with sustained hypertension was of a comparable magnitude.”
Long working hours were associated with a 70% increase in the risk of masked hypertension and a 66% increase in the risk of sustained hypertension.
“Results suggest that long working hours are an independent risk factor for masked and sustained hypertension.”
The study defined long working hours as 49hrs/week or more.
High blood pressure can lead to cardiovascular and neurovascular problems.
For those at risk, decreasing work hours can improve health and therefore improve long-term productivity and success.
“Workplace strategies targeting long working hours could be effective in reducing the clinical and public health burden of hypertension.”
You should always consult a healthcare practitioner about treating and diagnosing health-related problems.
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