OBJECTIVE METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE OCCUPATIONAL STRESS. INDICATORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY
Abstract:
According to the European Commission Guide, occupational stress is a complex of emotional, behaviour and psychological reactions to the noxious and adverse aspects of work contents, organization and environment. Therefore, occupational stress prevention at work is the main objective of all executives: labour medicine physicians, employers, work security engineers and of each employee. Below, I will discus the significance of the cardiovascular indicators I have used in a research on the occupational stress among the professional child minders; the increase of the cardiovascular reactivity in the investigated people suggests that this occupation is a permanent distress source, allowing the objective assessment of the occupational stress.
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