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We're sure that you'll agree that there's nothing nicer than arriving home after a stressful day at work to a hug and a kiss from a loved one. Having a lovely hot bubble bath run for you and a delicious home cooked meal placed on the table beside a chilled bottle of Chablis is a bonus too, in an ideal world anyway.
A recent study, which found that stress at work is associated with risks to the heart, indicates that there could soon be an increase in work injury compensation claims and, seeing as another study revealed that receiving support from a spouse can decrease job stresses, we had better get co-habiting.
Even though the incidence of divorce in the UK seemed to be sky-rocketing at a phenomenal rate for a while, the divorce rate for England and Wales fell by 7% from 2005 and was the most successful year for married couples with the lowest divorce rate since the mid-eighties. This is great news, presuming that all of these existing marriages are happy, as it not only presents a bit of hope for those who are sceptical about love but it also means there may be some chance in reducing the work stress rates that contribute to the many personal injury compensation claims every year.
The first study we will consider was carried out by the University of Toronto in 2005. It found that, after monitoring 216 men and women for an entire year, those who worked in stressful professions but maintained close relationships with their partners had a fall in their blood pressure.
Those who took part in the research included doctors, nurses, administrators, maintenance workers and visitors to the university's Health and Sciences Centre. They were all aged between 40 and 65 and had been living with a partner for six months or more prior to the start of the study.
Another stipulation was that none of the participants had high blood pressure to start with and had their blood pressure monitored for 24 hours over the course of a working day.
Everyone with a demanding job where they had little control over what they do as well as a supportive spouse experienced a small fall in their blood pressure levels over the year. This result was particularly significant, seeing as blood pressure usually rises with age and those who experienced stress at work and had no home support unit did see the expected rise in their blood pressure.
In response to the results from his study, Professor Sheldon Tobe commented, "Job strain had a significant impact, both clinically and statistically, on blood pressure.
"The medical model of healthcare does not include job strain, but stress at work and at home can modify the health of patients."
Now, research from a different part of Canada has added another dimension to the insight we have into work-related stress and the likelihood of work injury compensation.
A total of 1,000 patients who returned to work after suffering heart attacks were monitored and, over a period of six years, heart problems recurred for more than 200 of them. It was also found that those with job strain were twice as likely to fall ill again.
Other risk factors such as lifestyle, socio-economic grouping and clinical prognosis were even accounted for in the study, which was carried out by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Similar studies have also identified a relationship between stressful jobs and first heart attacks.
A cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation said, "It is well known that people are more likely to feel stressed when they have little control over their work situation but have a lot of demands placed on them.
"We still need to further our understanding about how stress affects our heart and circulation. In the mean time, we can all help ourselves by recognising when stresses us and learning how to cope with stressful situations."
When working in a stressful job we appreciate that the solution is never as easy as simply making it less stressful or leaving because there are so many factors that contribute to that stressful environment. However, if there is anything that you can do to protect your heart, such as finding yourself a supportive partner to come home to, then make sure you do it. The last thing you want is to have to contact personal injury solicitors to make a no win, no fee work injury compensation claim as a result of a stress-induced heart condition.
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