 Unfair and unreasonable bosses can increase their employees' blood pressure and raise the risk of a heart attack or stroke, British doctors said Tuesday.
A study by researchers at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England found that the blood pressure of healthcare assistants was higher when they were supervised by someone they considered unreasonable. "An unfavorably perceived supervisor is a potent workplace stressor, which might have a clinically significant impact on supervisees' cardiovascular functioning," Dr Nadia Wager said in a report in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Cardiovascular disease kills an estimated 16.6 million people, or one-third of total global deaths, each year, according to the World Health Organization. High blood pressure, raised cholesterol levels, lack of exercise, smoking, excessive weight and a poor diet are leading risk factors.
(Agencies) | 英国的医学工作者6月24日说，如果老板不公正、不通情达理的话，他的员工患高血压、心脏病或中风的几率就会增加。 一项由英格兰白金汉郡奇特恩斯大学学院的研究者进行的研究发现，以医护工作者为例，如果顶头上司不近人情的话，他们的血压通常就会比平时高出一些。 职业和环境医学杂志刊登了纳迪亚·韦杰博士的研究报告，他在报告中说："一位不受欢迎的上司就是职场上的潜在压力来源。从临床医学表现上看，就有可能对员工的心血管功能造成很大的影响。" 根据世界卫生组织统计的数据，每年死于心血管疾病的人高达1660万，也就是全世界死亡总人数的三分之一。造成高血压的原因有很多，主要的有胆固醇升高、缺乏运动、吸烟、体重超标以及饮食质量底等等。
(中国日报网站译) |
Updated: 2003-06-30 01:00
