Employees can sleep less than 6 hours with the burden of work: Assocham

According to the report, 16 percent of the surveyed people were suffering from obesity and 11 percent were suffering from depression. The number of people suffering from increased blood pressure and diabetes is 9 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

New Delhi: About 56 per cent of corporate employees in India take less than 6 hours of sleep every day, because the burden of their employer's endeavors gives them high level of stress. The effect of which falls on their sleep This information was given on Monday in the report of the Assocham Healthcare Committee.

The report said, "Employees are sleeping due to giving an inappropriate and unrealistic goal to the employer, due to which they have problems like fatigue, physical discomfort, psychological stress, decrease in performance and pain in the body, due to which they need More than holidays. "

This report says that the annual cost of sleep reduction is $ 150 billion, as it decreases productivity at the workplace. The pressure of the work, the pressure of the peers and the hard boss, all of them are spoiling the mental and physical health of the people.

Further in the report it was said that 46 per cent of the Indian workforce is facing stress. This tension is due to personal reasons, office politics or workload. Mattabolic syndrome cases are on the rise, including diabetes, high uric acid, high blood pressure, obesity, and cholesterol.

According to the report, 16 percent of the surveyed people were suffering from obesity and 11 percent were suffering from depression. The number of people suffering from increased blood pressure and diabetes is 9 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

The report said that diseases like spandylosis (5 percent), heart disease (4 percent), cervical (3 percent), asthma (2.5 percent), slip disks (2 percent) and arthritis (1 percent) are common among corporate workers.

The report stated, "Depression, fatigue, and sleep disorders are such conditions and risks, which are often associated with chronic diseases and have the greatest effect on productivity."