Ishita Roy

Work Stress Can Lead To A Heart Rhythm Disorder, Finds New Study

A recent study published on August 14 in the Journal of the American Heart Association states that low-paid employees under excessive work <span>stress</span> can lead to a dangerous heart rhythm disorder. 

“Our study suggests that work-related stressors may be relevant factors to include in preventive strategies,” said the senior author Xavier Trudel, hinting towards heart disease. Trudel is an occupational and cardiovascular epidemiologist at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. 

The study finds that white-collar workers with high-stress, low-reward jobs have a 97 per cent increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, which can increase a person’s risk of stroke or heart failure. 

<h5>What Is Atrial Fibrillation?</h5>Popularly known as A-fib, it is a type of arrhythmia or abnormal heartbeat. It is caused by extremely fast and irregular beats from the heart’s upper chambers. 

A healthy heartbeat involves a regular contract of the heart that happens about once per second at rest and increases with exercise. Each contraction pushes blood from the atria, or the upper two chambers to the ventricles or the two lower chambers. 

The ventricles then contract and push the blood to the lungs and to the rest of the body. 

However, a person with Afib can experience faulty electrical signals that can make the atria contract irregularly and much faster than normal. The atria then gets out of sync with the ventricles leading to a blood pool in the atrium and it can lead to blood clots and strokes. 

Afib also causes the lower chambers to beat too quickly and can cause heart failure. 

A healthy heart that usually beats 60 to 150 beats per minute can cause the atria to contract 400 or more times per minute when a person experiences A-fib. 

<h5>Types of Afib</h5>There are three types of a-fibs: 

Paroxysmal Afib: this occurs intermittently and stops on its own within seven days 

Persistent Afib: this lasts longer than seven days. It might require cardioversion or electric shocks to the heart to restore normal rhythm. 

Long-standing persistent Afib: This is like persistent Afib, however, it lasts longer than a year. 

<h5>What The Study Found?</h5>Trudel analysed data on over 5,900 Canadian workers who were gathered for the project from 1991 to 2018. The candidates were asked about their work stress. Their medical records revealed that 186 of the workers had developed A-fib. 

Among the 19 per cent of those with A-fib had a high job stress, while 25 per cent of them said that their work was not being adequately rewarded or recognised. 10 per cent of them said that they had stressful jobs and were poorly awarded.

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A recent study published on August 14 in the Journal of the American Heart Association states that low-paid employees under excessive work stress can lead to a dangerous heart rhythm disorder. “Our study suggests that work-related stressors may be relevant factors to include in preventive strategies,” said the senior author Xavier Trudel, hinting towards heart disease. Trudel is an occupational and cardiovascular epidemiologist at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. The study finds that white-collar workers with high-stress, low-reward jobs have a 97 per cent increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, which can increase a person’s risk of stroke or heart failure. What Is Atrial Fibrillation?Popularly known as A-fib, it is a type of arrhythmia or abnormal heartbeat. It is caused by extremely fast and irregular beats from the heart’s upper chambers. A healthy heartbeat involves a regular contract of the heart that happens about once per second at rest and increases with exercise. Each contraction pushes blood from the atria, or the upper two chambers to the ventricles or the two lower chambers. The ventricles then contract and push the blood to the lungs and to the rest of the body. However, a person with Afib can experience faulty electrical signals that can make the atria contract irregularly and much faster than normal. The atria then gets out of sync with the ventricles leading to a blood pool in the atrium and it can lead to blood clots and strokes. Afib also causes the lower chambers to beat too quickly and can cause heart failure. A healthy heart that usually beats 60 to 150 beats per minute can cause the atria to contract 400 or more times per minute when a person experiences A-fib. Types of AfibThere are three types of a-fibs: Paroxysmal Afib: this occurs intermittently and stops on its own within seven days Persistent Afib: this lasts longer than seven days. It might require cardioversion or electric shocks to the heart to restore normal rhythm. Long-standing persistent Afib: This is like persistent Afib, however, it lasts longer than a year. What The Study Found?Trudel analysed data on over 5,900 Canadian workers who were gathered for the project from 1991 to 2018. The candidates were asked about their work stress. Their medical records revealed that 186 of the workers had developed A-fib. Among the 19 per cent of those with A-fib had a high job stress, while 25 per cent of them said that their work was not being adequately rewarded or recognised. 10 per cent of them said that they had stressful jobs and were poorly awarded.