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Zimbabwean firms lose $100m to stress, mental health
07 Apr 2015 at 07:23hrs | Views
Zimbabwean companies are losing over $100 million annually in wages and productivity through mental health or stress related absence from work, a latest survey has shown.
Industrial Psychology Consultants (IPC)'s National Employee Engagement 2014 report released this week indicates that the loss was based on results that close to four in 10 working Zimbabweans experience symptoms of distress representing over 43 percent.
27,3 percent of the working population is experiencing depression symptoms while 18,3 percent of the working population experience anxiety symptoms.
About 33,4 percent of the working population in Zimbabwe experience somatisation symptoms.
The symptoms of distress include difficulty in thinking clearly, feeling down and depressed, disturbed sleep, easily irritated, lack of energy, tense, easily becoming emotional and no longer having interest in people and things.
This comes as surveys that were conducted in most countries show that mental health problems affect businesses and their bottom lines in many ways - prejudicing global economies billions of dollars annually.
Industrial Psychology Consultants (IPC)'s National Employee Engagement 2014 report released this week indicates that the loss was based on results that close to four in 10 working Zimbabweans experience symptoms of distress representing over 43 percent.
27,3 percent of the working population is experiencing depression symptoms while 18,3 percent of the working population experience anxiety symptoms.
The symptoms of distress include difficulty in thinking clearly, feeling down and depressed, disturbed sleep, easily irritated, lack of energy, tense, easily becoming emotional and no longer having interest in people and things.
This comes as surveys that were conducted in most countries show that mental health problems affect businesses and their bottom lines in many ways - prejudicing global economies billions of dollars annually.
Source - dailynews
