Continual interruptions at work lead to an unconscious increase in the stress hormone cortisol.The study finds that although we may think continual interruptions do not bother us, they affect us on a physiological level.The study appears in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.A recent study by Stiftung Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz, Job Stress Index 2020, reveals that almost a third of Swiss office workers experience workplace stress.
Concerned about the health effects of chronic stress — which may include exhaustion alongside other adverse outcomes — a multidisciplinary team from the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH Zurich embarked on a mission to find ways to detect and remediate workplace stress.The team hopes to develop a machine.