Many employees' poor emotional state will most likely not help sustain healthy lifestyle modifications, reveals a new wellness report released by ComPsych Corporation.
Stress, anxiety, depression and poor social support could be impeding employees' efforts to attain wellness goals, based on aggregate data from health risk assessments across ComPsych's customer base.
"There is strong correlation between high stress, emotional issues and poor lifestyle choices," says Dr.Richard A. Chaifetz, chairman and CEO of ComPsych. "For example, smoking and overeating may be a means to self-medicate undiagnosed depression. To be effective, corporate wellness programs must focus on emotional as well as physical factors of the employee and include a counseling component to address underlying issues."
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According to the report, 40 percent of respondents say an emotional or physical health problem has affected everyday activities with family, friends, neighbors or groups, and 36 percent of respondents say they are often tense or anxious. Forty-three percent of respondents believe friends and family have not supported them over the last six months while 21 percent of respondents say they have felt down, depressed or hopeless in the past month.
The report also reveals that 34 percent of respondents eat one or less fruits and vegetables per day, and 23 percent of respondents admitting to binge drinking at some point in the past six months. Sleep is an issue as well, with only 16 percent getting enough sleep.
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