Job strain and psychotropic drug use among white-collar workers

被引:34
作者
Moisan, J
Bourbonnais, R
Brisson, C
Gaudet, M
Vezina, M
Vinet, A
Gregoire, JP
机构
[1] Fac Pharm, Equipe Pharmacoepidemiol, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
[2] Univ Laval, Fac Med, Dept Readaptat, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
[3] Univ Laval, Grp Rech Epidemiol, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
[4] Ctr Sante Publ Quebec, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
[5] Univ Laval, Dept Int Relat, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
关键词
job strain; psychotropic drug use; social support; work stress;
D O I
10.1080/02678379950019752
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The main objective of this study was to measure the association between simultaneous exposure to high psychological demand and low decision latitude at work and the use of psychotropic drugs among white-collar workers. A second objective was to determine whether social support at work modified this association. A cross-sectional study was performed that included 2786 workers from the public sector in the Greater Quebec City area. A self-administered questionnaire was used in order to evaluate psychological demand, decision latitude and social support at work. Psychotropic drug use was measured over a period of 2 days. The prevalence of psychotropic drug use among the participants was found to be 3.9%, even though 20.5% were exposed to job strain. The association between job strain and psychotropic drug use, after adjustment for social support at work, age, gender, education, family income, employment status, occupation, stressful life events, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity, was statistically significant (odds ratio: 4.5, 95% CI 1.7-12.2). Social support did trot appear to modify this association. The results of this study suggest that job strain might be a determinant of psychotropic drug use among white collar workers. Social support at work does not appear, however, to modify this association.
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