Many employees' poor emotional state will most likely not help sustain healthy lifestyle modifications, reveals a new wellness report released by ComPsych Corporation.
Stress, anxiety, depression and poor social support could be impeding employees' efforts to attain wellness goals, based on aggregate data from health risk assessments across ComPsych's customer base.
"There is strong correlation between high stress, emotional issues and poor lifestyle choices," says Dr.Richard A. Chaifetz, chairman and CEO of ComPsych. "For example, smoking and overeating may be a means to self-medicate undiagnosed depression. To be effective, corporate wellness programs must focus on emotional as well as physical factors of the employee and include a counseling component to address underlying issues."
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