A psychiatrist warns that highly paid professionals are often too busy to seek medical help
Hong Kong's high-income professionals pay a high price in the level of stress they suffer compared with lower earners, according to a new survey.
And a psychiatrist warned that they often did not seek medical help because of their hectic work schedules.
The survey by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Chinese University found that work and financial pressure were the biggest causes of stress among respondents, scoring 6.26 and 5.26 points respectively on a 10-point scale. Family matters scored 4.62 points and interpersonal relations 3.85.
The survey's 758 respondents were asked to rate their own sources of daily stress on March 8 and 9.
Timothy Wong Ka-ying, who conducted the research, said that while the survey showed that men and women suffered similar stress at work, people in their 30s and 40s generally faced more pressure at work than other age groups.
The survey has also found that professionals and senior management staff faced the most work pressure, scoring 6.93 points. Clerical staff and sales and marketing executives registered 5.96 points, while blue-collar workers registered 5.81 points.
