Among the many causes of poor health and disease, the workplace is one of the significantly underreported ones, according to several studies. An adverse work environment can cause everything from respiratory infections, vector and parasitic diseases, to heart ailments, stroke, and mental, behavioural and neurological disorders. Apart from this, it can also lead to several medical emergencies.
The WHO indicates that when accounting for death and disability, the fraction of the global disease burden in the general population due to pursuing an occupation amounts to 2.7 per cent. A large part of the population is directly affected by occupational risks, with about 62 per cent of the population above 15 years being economically active. Low and middle-income countries are disproportionally affected by occupational death and disease.
Tips from Heart Care Foundation of India to manage stress in the workplace: