| One of the most common risk factors of | | | | worker facing those demands. Decision making |
| cardiovascular disease is psychosocial stress. This | | | | freedom is an operationalization concept of control |
| may be encountered in everyday life - in school, in the | | | | defined as the combination of work decision-making |
| home and most especially in your office space. Job | | | | authority and the prospect to use and develop skills on |
| stress has been repeatedly correlated with the | | | | the work. The "job stress" model implicates that the |
| elevation of risk for cardiovascular disease in both | | | | combination of high job demands and low job |
| genders. However, there has been yet no clear | | | | decision-making freedom may lead to negative |
| evidence of the effect of job stress on blood | | | | physical health outcomes. In simple words, when work |
| pressure. Relationships between job stress and the | | | | demands are much higher in a worker than his or her |
| development of hypertension is still under | | | | perceived locus of control and decision-making |
| debate.Recent studies show that individuals exposed | | | | capacity, job stress is bound to happen.Job stress is |
| to high job stress have a much higher heart rate and | | | | the most common cause of occupational disability, |
| blood pressure. It is essential to consider other factors | | | | including hypertension. This costs companies millions of |
| such as body mass index, degree of alcohol | | | | dollars annually for reimbursement of health care |
| consumption, family history of hypertension and time | | | | claims. Many companies nowadays undergo cost |
| when assessing hypertension. Alcohol consumption | | | | reduction of health care benefits by enthusiastically |
| has been shown to correlate significantly with high | | | | promoting occupational health and safety, thus reducing |
| blood pressure.Since job stress varies with time, its | | | | absenteeism, medical & disability costs. This leap done |
| effect on blood pressure is not easy to evaluate. The | | | | by various companies in adapting occupational health |
| relationship between job stress and high blood | | | | programs have not only increased their annual income, |
| pressure is difficult to highlight, since not all subjects | | | | but have also shown to increase employee |
| may be affected and job strain varies over time. If an | | | | satisfaction, thus also enhancing their productivity. Since |
| association between high work stress and | | | | workers are becoming very aware that companies & |
| hypertension exists, it is very important to observe this | | | | employers are going out of their way to promote their |
| in correlation with the onset on | | | | safety, they, in turn, are more motivated everyday to |
| hypertension.Psychosocial factors should be evaluated | | | | be more efficient. It is essential; therefore, for |
| by characterizing the psychological and social structure | | | | companies to periodically re-examine their policies, |
| of the work environment. Analysis on work demands, | | | | work environment, schedule and demands if they are |
| social interaction and decision-making tasks ought to | | | | fit with employee decision-making freedom so as to |
| be carefully examined. According to Karasek et al | | | | avoid job stress. Among individuals exposed to high |
| who published an article in the American Journal of | | | | job stress, a handful may develop hypertension and |
| Public Health, work stress results from the combined | | | | these workers would highly profit from a job stress |
| effects of the demands of a work situation and the | | | | reduction program. |
| range of decision-making freedom available to the | | | | |