Key result
Heart rate variability monitoring in executives revealed a negative stress balance during work and after work, with stress outside working hours correlating significantly with lower recovery quality.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to describe the physiological load of stress and the quality of recovery in executives during the workday using high-performance sports technology.
Observational
In executives, stress maintained outside working hours significantly impairs physiological recovery, highlighting the need for better relaxation strategies.
After-hours stress was associated with poorer recovery in executives; hypothesis-generating, does not yet support practice changes.
Objective: The use of high-performance sports technology to describe the physiological load of stress and the quality of recovery in a population of executives during the workday. Methodology: Heart rate variability values were recorded during 48 h from which the relationship between stress/recovery quality (stress balance) was obtained for three differentiated time slots: work, after work, and night in a workday. Results: We observed a negative stress balance during the 24 h of measurement in the course of a workday, being negative at work and after work, and positive at night. The stress generated or maintained outside working hours correlates significantly with a lower quality of recovery during the 24 h workday. Conclusions: It is necessary to prioritize strategies that help improve stress management in executives through the improvement of tools and strategies that mainly promote greater relaxation outside working hours.
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Crespo-Ruiz et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Stress in executives. Heart rate variability monitoring was evaluated on Stress balance (relationship between stress and recovery quality). Heart rate variability monitoring in executives revealed a negative stress balance during work and after work, with stress outside working hours correlating significantly with lower recovery quality.
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