Stressed, hypertensive and (slightly) overweight: GPs urged to look after their own health
Findings reflect the 'sustained pressure' GPs are under in the wake of the pandemic
Doctors say survey findings show GPs may have been neglecting their own health to deliver care to patients during the pandemic.
Three in four GPs polled reported moderate-to-high levels of workplace stress and almost half are either overweight or slightly overweight.
Furthermore, a third had been previously diagnosed with hypertension or had a blood pressure reading above 130/85mmHg, according to the online survey of 301 GPs carried out in May this year.
Yet one in seven GPs (14%) had not checked their own blood pressure in the past year, according to the report commissioned by Servier Australia, a pharmaceutical company which includes CVD products.
