Researchers have found that bosses who are unwilling to work flexibly may increase the risk of heart disease

Dolly Parton once famously sang, “It was enough to drive you crazy if you let it.”

But now researchers have found that avoiding 9- to 17-day seizures can lower your risk of heart disease.

A study found that those who worked for caring bosses who allowed flexible working hours were less likely to suffer from heart problems.

In fact, workers whose work did not conflict with their home life had just as good heart health as those 10 years younger, researchers suggest.

According to Harvard and Penn State universities, people over 45 and employees at higher risk for cardiovascular disease benefited the most.

The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, involved 1,528 workers in high- and middle-paying IT positions and low-paying healthcare providers.

Their systolic blood pressure, BMI, glycosylated hemoglobin, smoking status and cholesterol levels were recorded at baseline and 12 months later.

Their health information was used to calculate their cardiometabolic risk score (CRS), with a higher number indicating a higher risk for disease.

The experts found that overall, workplace interventions did not have a “significant” impact on participants’ CRS.

However, they found that it reduced CRS in those who had a higher risk of cardiovascular disease at baseline.

Their health information was used to calculate their cardiometabolic risk score (CRS), with a higher number indicating a higher risk of disease (stock image)

Participants with a reduction in CRS were reduced by the equivalent of a reduction in age, from 5.5 to 10.3 years.

Workers over 45 with a higher CRS were more likely to benefit.

Professor Orfeu Buxton, director of the Sleep, Health and Society Collaboratory at Penn State, said: “The intervention was intended to transform workplace culture over time, with the goal of reducing employees’ work-life conflict and ultimately improving their lives. improve.” .

“We now know that such changes can improve employee health and should be implemented more widely.” Supervisors are trained to support employees’ personal lives in addition to work performance.

Employees attended training sessions with their supervisors to improve employee control over their schedules and tasks.

Employees participated in training with their supervisors to improve employees’ control over their schedules and tasks (stock image)

An IT company with high-tech employees and a healthcare company with poorly paid healthcare providers were involved.

Professor Lisa Berkman of the Harvard Chan School and director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies said: “Research shows that working conditions are important social determinants of health.”

“As stressful work conditions and work-family conflicts were mitigated, we saw a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease among at-risk workers without negatively affecting their productivity.”

“These findings may be particularly important for low- and middle-wage workers, who traditionally have less control over their schedules and job demands and face greater health disparities.”