Researchindicate that, among IT Employees, around 56% had musculoskeletal symptoms, 22% had newly diagnosed hypertension, 10% had diabetes, 36% had dyslipidemia,
54% had depression, anxiety and insomnia, 40% had obesity.
The stress score was higher in employees who developed diabetes, hypertension and depression.
Darshan and et al., (2013)
Employees who were professionally stressed were at risk for developing depression.
Employees who were professionally stressed were at higher prevalence of harmful alcohol use compared to those who were not professionally stressed.
Bolhari A, Rezaeian A, Bolhari J and Bariamzadeh S (2012)
Stress level was found to be higher in females professionals than in males professionals.
Ranjit and Mahespriya (2012)
Job stress was found high among the higher age groups, which may be because of the work pressure and routine nature of job.
Shrivastava S.R. and Bobhate P.S. (2012)
Research indicates that prevalence of any type of computer-related morbidity in software professionals was 89%.
The proportion of visual, musculoskeletal, and stress was found to be 67%, 63%, and 44%, respectively.
Ocular discomfort, musculo-skeletal disorders and psycho-social problems form key category of health problems found among constant computer users.