spotlight on health < a ee Survey Provides insight into Workplace Headaches (NAPSA)—When people refer to the “headaches” of their job, they’re generally not speaking literally. However, a recent survey has found that, mdeed, work may cause the head to throb. The Excedrin @ Work survey, which included responses from more than 5,600 professionals, found that more than 75 percent of the workforce say they have experienced headaches at least onee a month. According to the survey, the leading causes of these headaches are lack of sleap (49 percent) and work-related stress (47 percent). According to Larry Newman, MD,director of The Headache Institute at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, Hospital in New York City, “This survey mirrors what I see in my practice. Too often, factors such as stress, environment and even skipped meals lead to on-the-job headaches and reduced productivity.” Work itself was cited as the source of headaches most often by accountants (76 percent), bus/ truck drivers (69 pereent) and librarians (65 percent). Meanwhile, among the ten professional Among different professional groups, the causes of headaches are almest as varied as the jobs themselves, * Law enforcement—sSoh sto- ries (49 percent), court appear- ances (20 percent) and booking people (12 percent); * Bus/truck drivers--Bumperto-bumpertraffic (88 percent), bad weather (31 percent} and uncooperative passengers (18 percent}; * Nurses—Long hours (57 per- cent), rude patients (20 percent) and patients who don’t follow directions (12 percent); Respondents in each of the 10 Accountants—Disorganized chents (56 percent), tax season and missing receipts (21 percent each); asked which work activities give customers (49 percent}, high- resources (56 percent), overdue headaches and tips on howto pre- eategories, farmers (49 percent) were least likely to suffer from work-induced headaches. professional categories were also themthe biggest headaches: * Librarians—People who have no idea how to use the research books and reference materials not put back in their correct location (L6 percent each); * Waiters/waitresses-—Rude maintenance orders (19 percent) and large parties (12 percent). For more information on vent them, visit the Excedrin Headache Resource Center at www.excedrin.com.
