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DVT Blood Clot Risk for Office Workers
New Study Reveals Risks of S.I.T. - Seated Immobility Thromboembolism
The new study found that 34 per
cent of patients admitted to hospital with blood clots had been
seated at work for long periods, its leader, Richard Beasley of
New Zealand's privately funded Medical Research Institute, said.
Deep-vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a condition in which a blood
clot forms in the deep veins of the legs.
The condition can be fatal if
part of the clot breaks off and blocks a blood vessel in the
lungs.
The condition has been linked to long-haul flights and dubbed
“economy class syndrome,” because passengers traveling coach
often do not have the space or opportunity to stretch enough to
reduce the risk of blood clotting.
“Being seated for long periods of time ... the risk is certainly
there” of blood clots developing in the veins of the legs.
“There are considerably more people who are seated for long
periods at work as part of their normal day than there are
traveling,” he said, adding the main groups affected are workers
in the information technology industry and in call centers.
The study covered 62 patients aged under 65 who were admitted to
hospital with blood clots.
Professor Beasley said a surprise finding of the study was that
“people are working for so long. We had people not uncommonly
working up to 12-14 hours a day and being seated for that time”.
The 34 per cent finding is far higher than the 1.4 per cent of
blood-clot patients who recently traveled on long-haul flights,
and the study showed a clear link between travel and
work-related thrombosis.
“It's the same thing occurring in a similar circumstance as
travelers' thrombosis,” he noted.
Some reported being seated on the job for three to four hours at
a stretch, “reflecting the very sedentary nature of our work at
the moment,” he said.
A second study of seated immobility at work had results “very
consistent with what we've found” in the first, Professor
Beasley said without elaborating.
The study will be published next month in the New Zealand
Medical Journal.
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