Bullying, violence at workplace linked to heart disease

Bullying, violence at workplace linked to heart disease

London: People who are bullied or experience violence at work are at higher risk of developing heart and brain blood vessel problems, including heart attacks and stroke, according to a new study. The findings revealed that those who were bullied almost every day had 120 per cent higher risk of CVD. Exposure to frequent workplace violence increased the risk of cerebrovascular disease such as stroke by 36 per cent.

“If there is a causal link between bullying or violence at work and cardiovascular disease, then the removal of workplace bullying would mean we could avoid five per cent of all cardiovascular cases, and the eradication of violence at work would avoid more than three per cent of all cases” said Tianwei Xu, a postdoctoral student from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. “Workplace bullying and workplace violence are distinct social stressors at work.

Only 10 to 14 per cent of those exposed to at least one type of exposure were suffering from the other at the same time,” Xu said. The study is observational and, therefore, cannot show that workplace bullying or violence cause cardiovascular problems, only that there is an association. (IANS)

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