Stress Survey Data

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Stress Survey Data

• NEA UniServ Academy

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STRESS IS BELIEVED TO BERESPONSIBLE FOR

• 30 of workers suffering from back pain
• 20 of workers feeling fatigued
• 17 having muscular pain
• 13 suffering from headaches

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NUMEROUS COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN LINKED
TO STRESS

• The leading six causes of death in the US heart
  disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents,
  cirrhosis of the liver and suicide
• Immune response and deficiency
• Memory loss
• Obesity

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Studies on Stress in the 80s Showed

• 40 of job turnover was due to stress
• 60-80 of accidents on the job were stress
  related
• In 1987, California paid out 1 billion dollars
  for medical and legal fees alone for stress
  related claims

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IN THE 1990s, SURVEYS SHOWED

• 40 of workers found their jobs very or extremely
  stressful.
• 25 view their jobs as the number one stressor in
  their lives.
• 75 of employees believe that workers have more
  on-the-job stress than a generation ago.
• 29 of workers felt quite a bit or extremely
  stressed at work.

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THE 2000 ANNUAL ATTITUDES IN THE WORKPLACE VI
SURVEY FOUND

• 80 of workers feel stress on the job, nearly
  half say they needed help in learning how to
  manage stress.
• 42 say their co-workers needs such help.
• 25 have felt like screaming or shouting because
  of job stress
• 10 were concerned about an individual at work
  they feel could be violent.

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THE 2001 ANNUAL ATTITUDES IN THE WORKPLACE VII
SURVEY FOUND

• 35 of workers say their jobs are harming their
  physical and emotional health.
• 42 say job pressures are interfering with their
  personal relationships.
• 50 say they have a more demanding workload than
  the previous year.

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APA 2006 Survey

• Nearly half of Americans are concerned with the
  level of stress in their daily lives. Roughly 1
  in 7 are very concerned about stress.
• Women say stress affects them more than men do,
  51 to 43.
• Women and men experience stress differently.
  Women dealing with stress report feelings of
  nervousness, wanting to cry, or a lack of energy,
  while men talk about trouble sleeping or feeling
  irritable or angry. In general, women report more
  symptoms than men.
• Above all, Americans worry about money and work(
  59 percent very or somewhat significant source of
  stress in their loves). They are leading sources
  of stress, which is consistent over years of
  surveys on the subject.

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• 70 80 of doctor visits due to stress

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• 85 of serious illness due to stress

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• What are the implications of these statistics on
  us and our members?

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THE BODY STRIVES TO FIND BALANCE

• Mental
• Physical
• Spiritual
• Emotional

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• Finding balance builds our resilience to stress

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• Ask yourself, If I dont do anything, what can
  happen?