Relationships between substance use, anxiety, depression and stress by public university workers

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the relationship between psychoactive substance use, anxiety, depression and stress by workers at a Brazilian public university. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, carried out with 345 workers from a public higher education institution, located in a city in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Results: Professionals with an average age of 38.9 years, 187 (54.2%) were women, 163 (47.2%) were single, 186 (53.9%) professed the Catholic religion, 223 (64.8%) had graduate school education. Of the workers, 122 (35.4%) considered their work to be stressful. The use of alcohol in the binge pattern (monthly) and heavy episodic drinking (weekly) were higher among workers with higher levels of anxiety, depression and stress. Conclusion: The use of alcohol in its different forms, stress, depression and anxiety show particularities that must be evaluated and recognized among the worker’s health problems.

摘要
研究目的：评估巴西某公立大学教职工精神活性物质（psychoactive substance）使用情况与焦虑、抑郁及压力水平之间的关联。
研究方法：本研究为采用定量研究方法（quantitative approach）的横断面研究（cross-sectional study），研究对象为巴西南里奥格兰德州内陆某城市公立高等教育机构的345名教职工。
研究结果：该群体平均年龄为38.9岁，其中女性187人（占比54.2%），未婚163人（占比47.2%），信奉天主教186人（占比53.9%），拥有研究生学历223人（占比64.8%）。共有122名教职工（占比35.4%）认为自身工作压力较大。在焦虑、抑郁及压力水平更高的教职工中，每月暴饮模式（binge pattern）饮酒及每周重度间歇饮酒（heavy episodic drinking）的比例显著更高。
研究结论：不同形式的酒精使用、压力、抑郁及焦虑具有各自的特征，这些特征需在教职工健康问题的评估与识别中得到重视与考量。