21% of British adults experience emotional stress, a percentage clearly higher than the equivalent in the USA, where it does not exceed 17%.
Stress at work or burnout, the condition often defined by the English word burnout, i.e. with burnt resistors, costs every year the British economy almost 32 billion euros. And that’s because it leads to 23.3 million days sick leaveaccording to research published yesterday.
The British “are more likely to have more mental health problems by the citizens of any other country’ among the countries covered by this analysis. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the research done on behalf of the French insurance company Axa and the British center for economic research CEBR.
Their conclusions are based on an Ipsos poll of 30,000 people aged 18 to 74 in 16 countries and territories around the world. According to them, 21% of British adults experience emotional stress, a percentage clearly higher than the equivalent in the USA, where it does not exceed 17%, and certainly much higher than that of Belgium, which is at 11%, France, which is 10 %, of China also 10% and much less of Switzerland, where it is only 9%.
As the relevant announcement emphasizes, “around half of Britons are currently not in a state of mental wellbeing and are at risk of burnout, which is having a serious impact on the UK economy and businesses”.
According to the authors of the research, the crisis in the cost of living in the UK seems to have a particularly negative impact on stress and in general on the psychology of workers. The reason is self-evident, given that in Britain inflation rose in February to 10.4% on an annual basis, limiting the purchasing power of Britons.
CEBR figures show that financial stress and employee anxieties are costing UK businesses themselves up to £6.2bn in sick leave and lost productivity.
The report, however, shows signs of improvement in Britain, “as the stigma attached to mental health problems is reduced” and there is a marked increase in the number of people who are, on the contrary, “in a very good mental state”: they represent 23% of respondents.