Table of Contents
Overview
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- What you need to know
Executive Summary
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- The market
- Ageing pressures increase stress in seniors
- Public sector employees report highest levels of stress
- Reduction in stigma over mental health
- Obesity as a driver for health- and appearance-related stress
- Two in five adults not getting enough sleep
- The consumer
- Financial worries top stressor
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- Figure 1: Causes of stress over last 12 months, February 2018
- Adults take a varied approach to stress management
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- Figure 2: Methods of dealing with stress, February 2018
- Sleep plays a critical role in stress
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- Figure 3: Impacts of stress in the last 12 months, February 2018
- Stress-free home environment is most sought
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- Figure 4: Interest in stress-relieving products and services, February 2018
- Getting back to nature exemplifies a need to ‘switch off’
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- Figure 5: Attitudes towards managing stress and wellbeing, February 2018
- What we think
Issues and Insights
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- Tackling the UK’s burgeoning health crisis
- The facts
- The implications
- A growing need for age-appropriate anti-stress solutions
- The facts
- The implications
The Market – What You Need to Know
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- Ageing pressures increase stress in seniors
- Public sector employees report highest levels of stress
- Reduction in stigma over mental health
- Obesity as a driver for health- and appearance-related stress
- Two in five adults not getting enough sleep
Market Drivers
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- Ageing pressures increase stress in seniors
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- Figure 6: Trends in the age structure of the UK population, 2012-22
- Parenting stress could filter down to children
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- Figure 7: Number of parents with dependent children in the household, by gender of parent, UK, 1998-2017
- Public sector employees report highest levels of stress…
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- Figure 8: Industries with above-average rates of stress, depression or anxiety, averaged 2014/15-2016/17
- …whilst UK employment continues to rise
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- Figure 9: Employment trends (thousands), by gender, 2012-22
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- Figure 10: Behaviours towards work/life balance, October 2017
- Reduction in stigma over mental health
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- Figure 11: Mental Health Awareness Week campaign, May 2018
- Money as a major driver of stress
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- Figure 12: Trends in current financial situation compared to a year ago, January 2015-February 2018
- Obesity as a driver for health- and appearance-related stress
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- Figure 13: Trends in body mass index (BMI), England, 1995-2016
- Two in five adults not getting enough sleep
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- Figure 14: Average amount of hours slept each day, August 2017
- Technology usage continues to rise
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- Figure 15: Ownership of smartphones and basic mobile phones, January 2012–December 2017
The Consumer – What You Need to Know
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- Experience of stress almost universal
- Financial worries top stressor
- Work stress rises, particularly for women
- Adults take a varied approach to stress management
- Increase in men seeking to ‘share’
- Sleep plays a critical role in stress
- Stress-free home environment is most sought
- Getting back to nature exemplifies a need to ‘switch off’
Stress Factors
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- Experience of stress almost universal
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- Figure 16: Stress experienced in the last 12 months, by age, February 2018
- Financial worries top stressor
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- Figure 17: Causes of stress over last 12 months, February 2018
- Work stress rises…
- …particularly for women
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- Figure 18: Women's causes of stress over last 12 months, February 2018 and October 2016
- Appearance stress amongst young women rises
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- Figure 19: Women’s experience of stress related to appearance over last 12 months, by age, February 2018 and October 2016
- Reduction in child-related stress driven by older women
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- Figure 20: Stress caused by children, by age of children in household, February 2018
- Stress around men’s mental health on the rise
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- Figure 21: Men’s causes of stress over last 12 months, February 2018 and November 2016
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- Figure 22: Harry’s sponsorship of Project Eighty Four by CALM, March 2018
Methods of Dealing with Stress
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- Adults take a varied approach to stress management
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- Figure 23: Methods of dealing with stress, February 2018
- 16-24s most influenced by mental health campaigns
- Improving access to professional help
- Women more positive in dealing with stress overall
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- Figure 24: Women’s methods of dealing with stress, February 2018 and October 2016
- Increase in men seeking to ‘share’
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- Figure 25: Men’s methods of dealing with stress, February 2018 and November 2016
Impacts of Stress
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- Sleep plays a critical role in stress
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- Figure 26: Impacts of stress in the last 12 months, February 2018
- Stress and physical pain
Interest in Stress-Relieving Products and Services
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- Stress-free home environment is most sought
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- Figure 27: Interest in stress-relieving products and services, February 2018
- Mindfulness enjoys high interest
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- Figure 28: Headspace meditation platform, April 2018
- Wellness festivals offer a new solution to stress relief for younger adults
- High-intensity workout sessions a draw for under-35s
Attitudes towards Managing Stress and Wellbeing
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- Getting back to nature…
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- Figure 29: Attitudes towards managing stress and wellbeing, February 2018
- …relates to a need to switch off
- Overcoming the cost barrier
- Work stress can be a benefit
Appendix – Data Sources, Abbreviations and Supporting Information
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- Abbreviations
- Consumer research methodology
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