Mental Fatigue At Work Is A Risk Factor For Diabetes For Women

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Mental fatigue at work is a risk factor for diabetes for women

Mentally exhausting work (such as teaching) can increase a woman's risk of developing diabetes. Therefore, both employers and women themselves need to be better aware of the potential health risks associated with mentally tiring work.

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Women who are mentally tired at work are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology.

Research findings suggest that mentally exhausting work (such as teaching) can increase the risk of developing diabetes in women. Therefore, both employers and women themselves need to be better aware of the potential health risks associated with mentally tiring work.

The incidence of type 2 diabetes is increasing every year. This disease can lead to serious health problems, including heart attack, stroke, blindness, and kidney failure. Obesity, an unbalanced diet, smoking, or a family history of the disease may increase your risk of developing it.

In a new French study, Dr. Guy Fagherazzi of the Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health and colleagues examined the impact of mental work on diabetes in more than 70,000 women over 22 -year period. Approximately 75% of women were involved in teaching activities, and 24% reported at the beginning of the study that they were mentally very tired at work. The study found that these women had a 21% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Results were independent of typical disease risk factors.

“Although we cannot directly determine how much the increased risk of diabetes in these women is, our results show that its development in these women was not associated with typical risk factors. Our research suggests that mental fatigue should now be seen as a risk factor for diabetes in women,”says Dr. Fagerazzi.

According to him, mental fatigue affects women more than men, so he recommends providing women with psychological support in stressful situations at work to prevent the development of a number of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes.