Mental draining work linked to higher risk of diabetes in women: study

Category: Health published by Shameen published: March 17, 2019, 23:16 HIST Update: March 17, 2019, 23:16 HIST

Washington: A new study found that women who find their work mentally fatigued are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

The results of the study were published in "European Journal of Endocrinology". The study suggests that exhausting work, such as teaching, can increase the risk of diabetes in women.

The study suggests that employers and women should be more aware of the potential health risks badociated with mentally fatiguing work.

Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly prevalent disease that places a tremendous burden on patients and society and can lead to serious health problems, including heart attacks, strokes, blindness and stroke. renal failure.

Many factors can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, including obesity, diet, exercise, smoking or a family history of the disease.

In this study, Dr. Guy Fagherazzi and colleagues at Inserm's Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health examined the effect of mental fatigue on the incidence of diabetes in more than 70,000 women over 22 years. .

About 75% of women were teachers and 24% said they found their work very tiring at the beginning of the study.

The study found that women were 21% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if they found their work tiring early in the study. This factor was independent of typical risk factors, including age, level of physical activity, eating habits, smoking status, blood pressure, family history of diabetes, and BMI.

Dr. Fagherazzi said, "Although we can not directly determine the increased risk of diabetes in these women, our findings indicate that this is not due to risk factors for type 2 diabetes. typical. This discovery underscores the importance of considering mental fatigue as a risk factor for diabetes in women. "

"Mental hard work and type 2 diabetes are becoming more and more common. What we do know is that workplace support has a greater impact on work-related stress for women than for men.

Therefore, greater support for women in stressful work environments could help prevent chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, "said Dr. Fagherazzi.

This research could help identify new approaches that could help improve the lives of patients with diabetes.

Source: ANI