Kerja lebih masa boleh meningkatkan risiko untuk episod kemurungan utama

January 28, 2012

Jika anda selalu bekerja lebih masa, anda boleh menggandakan risiko kemurungan, menurut satu kajian British yang baru. - Gambar ihsan Monkey Business Imej / shutterstock.com

LONDON, 28 Jan (Bernama) - Dengan sering bekerja berjam-jam di pejabat mungkin meningkatkan risiko anda episod kemurungan yang serius, menurut kajian baru.

Menurut kepada penemuan yang diterbitkan dalam jurnal PloS SATU pada hari Rabu, orang-orang yang sering bekerja 11 jam atau lebih setiap hari adalah lebih daripada dua kali ganda lebih berkemungkinan mengalami episod utama kemurungan daripada rakan-rakan yang melekat dengan hari bekerja lapan jam.

Penyelidik dari Institut Bahasa Finland Kesihatan Pekerjaan dan Queen Mary University of London diperiksa rekod lebih daripada 2,000 pekerja kolar putih yang berpangkalan di London dalam kajian lima tahun. Tiada rekrut yang mempunyai sejarah terkini tertekan apabila mereka telah mendaftar dalam kajian.

Mereka yang bekerja 11 jam atau lebih setiap hari adalah di antara 2.3 dan 2.5 kali lebih berkemungkinan untuk membangunkan satu episod kemurungan utama daripada orang-orang yang bekerja tujuh-lapan-jam hari. Penyelidik yang dikawal untuk faktor-faktor lain, seperti merokok, pengambilan alkohol, dan kesihatan am.

"Waktu kerja yang panjang tidak hanya memberi kesan kepada kita kerana tekanan dan intensiti bekerja sendiri, mereka memberi kesan kepada kita kerana kita tidak mempunyai masa yang cukup untuk semua perkara lain yang kita perlu untuk kesihatan mental yang baik, seperti tidur yang berkualiti, hubungan dan peluang untuk berehat dan senaman, "Paul Farmer, eksekutif terkemuka British amal Minda kesihatan mental, kepada WebMD. "Tiap-tiap kali kita memerah bekerja dengan lebih dalam, ramai di antara kita akan memerah sesuatu yang lain.

Sementara kajian-kajian lain telah dilakukan pada waktu kerja dan kemurungan, "keputusan telah tidak muktamad kerana tiada penanda aras standard untuk apa yang menjadi 'biasa' hari bekerja," laporan WebMD.

Satu kajian oleh penyelidik yang sama, yang juga bergantung kepada pangkalan data yang sama pekerja-pekerja yang berpangkalan di London, sebelum ini mendapati kerja lebih masa yang dikaitkan dengan peningkatan 60 peratus dalam penyakit jantung koronari. - AFP-Relaxnews

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