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Demanding schedules, high stress levels and performance linked perquisites in private sectors, nearly 42.5 per cent of employees in private sector are afflicted from depression or general anxiety disorder revealed the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) study coinciding with the ‘World Health Day’ (April 7).
Day ahead of the ‘World Health Day’, Assocham study ‘Preventive Healthcare: Impact on Corporate Sector’, revealed that depression is the first hard hit disease that was observed among the respondents, with 42.5 per cent of the corporate employees suffering from this lifestyle disease.
As per Assocham’s corporate employees’ survey result, around 42.5 per cent of the sample population are suffering from depression or general anxiety. Obesity is the second hard hit disease that was observed among the respondents, with 23 per cent of the sample corporate employees suffering from it. High blood pressure (BP) and diabetes are the third and fourth largest disease with a share of 9 per cent and 8 per cent respectively as suffered among the corporate employees. Spondylosis (5.5 per cent), heart disease (4 per cent), cervical (3.0 per cent), asthma (2.5 per cent), slip disk (1 per cent) and arthritis (1.5 per cent) are the diseases that are mostly suffered by corporate employees.
The rate of emotional problems such as anxiety and depression has increased by 45-50 per cent among corporate employees in the last eight years, according to the Assocham study.
The report is based on the views of 1,250 corporate employees from 150 companies across 18 broad sectors like media, telecom and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) etc.
The report included major cities like Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabd, Pune, Chandigarh, Dehradun etc.
A little over 200 employees were selected from each city on an average. Delhi ranks first among cities afflicted from depression or general anxiety disorder followed by Bangalore (second), Mumbai (third), Ahemdabad (fourth) Chandigarh (fifth), Hyderbad (sixth) and Pune (seventh).
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