30% of working professionals have some form of mental and emotional risks: Vivant Survey
Vivant, a health tech start-up conducted a survey in observance of World Stress Awareness Week (Nov 4-8, 2019). The survey was conducted to gauge the state of mental health and spread awareness on depression, anxiety & stress among the millennial workforce.
Adrit Raha, CEO, Vivant, said, “Vivant endorses the preventive-care lifestyle and aims at eradicating the taboo around mental health. Preventive health is no longer viewed with scepticism, but, as a genuine approach towards ensuring wellness.”
Over two lakh platform users participated in the survey and it was derived that ~48 per cent of the participants maintain a sedentary lifestyle, and 25 per cent people do not follow proper dietary habits. It was also highlighted that 23 per cent of people face the risk of Diabetes, whereas 30 per cent of working professionals have some form of mental and emotional risks. Further analysis of the 30 per cent emotional & mental health audience, one in every 4 person feels their work-life balance is not good and 27 per cent people mention that Job stress is high. In addition, the survey also revealed that 28 per cent of the participating audience have some form of depression.
