Here are the occupational factors that increase the risk of having a stroke and developing all kinds of cardiovascular diseases.
- A new survey highlights occupational factors that increase the risk of having a stroke and developing all kinds of cardiovascular diseases.
- These factors are mainly noise, exposure to heat or cold, handling heavy loads and a forced position of one or more joints.
- Multiple exposure to a range of nuisances having an effect on the cardiovascular system has also been described in two vulnerable subpopulations: women of childbearing age and senior employees (55 years and over).
Exposure to cold, noise, handling heavy loads… A new investigation points out the occupational factors that increase the risk of having a stroke and developing all kinds of cardiovascular diseases.
For several years, cardiovascular diseases and strokes have ranked second among the main causes of death in France.
Stroke and cardiovascular diseases: 6.8% of employees exposed to nuisances at work
“Occupational factors likely to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease are often studied separately from each other when in reality, exposure is multiple,” explain the scientists from Santé Publique France. “Better knowledge of multiple exposures allows for a better assessment of occupational risks, which constitutes a key step in the prevention approach, in order to preserve health and safety at work”they analyze.
The aim of this study was therefore to describe the multiple exposure of the French employed population to a set of nuisances (chemical, physical, psychosocial, etc.) having effects on the cardiovascular system. For this, quantitative and qualitative indicators of multiple exposure to nuisances having an effect on the cardiovascular system were determined by professional field from the Sumer 2016-2017 survey.
This study highlighted that in France, multiple exposure of employees to nuisances having effects on the cardiovascular system is common. “In fact, 6.8% of employees (i.e. approximately 1.5 million men and 150,000 women) were exposed, during the last working week before the survey, to at least one chemical nuisance, to noise and to at least one psychosocial constraint having an effect on the cardiovascular system. can we read in the report.
This multiple exposure is aggravated for a very large majority of them (84.6%) by at least one exposure to cold or heat, handling heavy loads and work usually requiring a forced posture. one or more joints.
Multiple exposure to a range of nuisances having an effect on the cardiovascular system has also been described in two vulnerable subpopulations: women of childbearing age and senior employees (55 years and over).
Stroke and cardiovascular diseases: “prevention in the workplace is of interest”
“The prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the workplace is therefore of real interest in terms of public health”, estimates Public Health France. “This prevention must in particular be aimed at workers under the age of 45 in the fields of industry or construction, women of childbearing age and seniors because these are populations particularly at risk”she concludes.
