Workplace Violence, Bullying May Increase Chance of Heart Disease
Employees who are bullied or exposed to violence at work may be at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than those who don’t face these challenges at work, according to a new European study.
Researchers studied more than 79,000 working men and women from Sweden and Denmark between ages 18 and 65 with no history of heart disease. Among these, nine percent reported being bullied at work; 13 percent said they had been exposed to workplace violence in the past year. 3,229 cases of heart disease were recorded in a follow-up period of 12 years, Human Resources magazine reports.