Kontorsarbetare mest utsatta för blodproppar
Office workers who spend long hours at their desk may be more prone to potentially fatal blood clots than passengers on long-haul flights, according to research cited Monday.A study by Professor Richard Beasley of the Medical Research Institute in Wellington found that a third of patients admitted to hospital with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) were office workers who spent long periods at a computer.
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The condition has been dubbed "economy class syndrome" because passengers sitting on long-haul flights without space to stretch out were considered as most at risk.
Studies found clots formed in 10 percent of air travelers at high risk of the condition and one percent of all passengers.
Treatment is through blood thinning drugs which can take months.
Beasley said some office workers who developed clots sat at their screens for 14 hours a day.
"Some of them were going three to four hours at a time without getting up," he said.
The problem was most common in the information technology industry and in call-centers, he added. 1
De moderna kontorsjobben är med andra ord direkt skadliga för vår hälsa - men ekonomiskt lönsamma.
1 Discovery News, "Office Workers Most at Risk for Clots"
