Work Stress Affects Rheumatoid Arthritis
Posted on: Thursday, 2 October 2008, 12:03 CDT
Swedish scientists say an employee's working environment can play a part in the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Scientists at Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet say it has long been known an environmental factor such as smoking, as well as heredity, increase the risk of the disease.
The study, scheduled to be published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, suggests stress and a heavy work load, as well as having little control over outcomes, increase the chances of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Study leaders Lars Alfredsson and Lars Lareskog call this psychosocial workload "low decision latitude."
"We've uncovered clear correlations between the disease and jobs in which one cannot control one's own situation," Alfredsson says in a statement.
Source: United Press International
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