The 2016 European Guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention have been published. These evidence-based guidelines also focus on work-related stress. Avoiding excessive stress is important for people who have cardiovascular diseases or several disease risk factors. The Guidelines are based on the research of the IPD-Work Consortium, which has followed the incidence of chronic diseases among more than 600.000 workers in Europe and the US. Professor Mika Kivimäki has led the work of the IPD-Work Consortium from FIOH.
contact: Professor Mika Kivimäki (mika.kivimaki@ttl.fi)
More Information:
- European Heart Journal. European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
- Article Kivimäki M et al. Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603,838 individuals. Lancet. 2015 Oct 31;386(10005):1739-46. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60295-1
- Article Kivimäki et al. Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet. 2012 Oct 27;380(9852):1491-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60994-5.
