<p>A study suggests that stresses and strains of life don't end when we leave work for the day. Instead, the pressure continues to mount up when we return home. <br /><br />Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the US recruited 113 men and women in full-time work, the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reports.<br /><br />Each one provided details on their number of working hours, level of responsibility they took for running home and the chores they did, according to the Daily Mail. <br /><br />They underwent regular BP checks at a local clinic over a three-week period, before finally wearing a BP monitor for a day to track changes while at work and at home. <br /><br />The results showed that regardless of the amount of housework actually done, those who felt they were shouldering the responsibility were at the greatest risk of high BP.<br /><br />The findings suggest it’s not the workload itself but the stress about how to cope with it that causes the damage. <br /><br />The researchers said: "The perceived responsibility for household tasks, rather than the time spent doing those tasks, is what’s most distressing."</p>
<p>A study suggests that stresses and strains of life don't end when we leave work for the day. Instead, the pressure continues to mount up when we return home. <br /><br />Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the US recruited 113 men and women in full-time work, the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reports.<br /><br />Each one provided details on their number of working hours, level of responsibility they took for running home and the chores they did, according to the Daily Mail. <br /><br />They underwent regular BP checks at a local clinic over a three-week period, before finally wearing a BP monitor for a day to track changes while at work and at home. <br /><br />The results showed that regardless of the amount of housework actually done, those who felt they were shouldering the responsibility were at the greatest risk of high BP.<br /><br />The findings suggest it’s not the workload itself but the stress about how to cope with it that causes the damage. <br /><br />The researchers said: "The perceived responsibility for household tasks, rather than the time spent doing those tasks, is what’s most distressing."</p>