Banca de DEFESA: MARCELA VILELA BARROS FERREIRA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARCELA VILELA BARROS FERREIRA
DATE: 08/10/2021
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

WORK STRESS AND USE OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND BENZODIAZEPINICS: RESULTS OF THE LONGITUDINAL HEALTH STUDY OF THE ADULT (ELSA-BRAZIL)

KEY WORDS:

Occupational Stress, antidepressants, benzodiazepines, Epidemiology, ELSABrasil

PAGES: 53
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

Introduction: Work stress is one of the main focuses of occupational health. Illness at work favors the medicalization of manifestations of suffering. The association between job stress and medication use is still scarce, especially in Brazil. Objective: To investigate whether job stress is associated with the use of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in a sample of active Brazilian workers. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study developed with a sample of 12,015 active workers participating in the baseline (2008-2010) of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Work stress was assessed using the Brazilian version of the Demand-ControlSupport Questionnaire, consisting of 17 items. Drug use was considered based on self-report of use of at least one drug from the classes of interest in the last two weeks. The association between job stress and medication use was assessed using logistic regression. Results: Of the 12,015 study participants, 52.3% were female, 47.7% were between 45 and 54 years old, and 52.7% had at least higher education. The prevalence of use of antidepressants and benzodiazepines was 7.6% and 3.1%, respectively. Individuals using antidepressants often had a high demand job (41.5%), medium control (38.0%) and low social support (39.7%). Participants using benzodiazepines were mostly in high demand (43.6%), medium control (38.4%) and medium social support (36.3%). After adjusting for confounding variables, having high control and high social support at work was associated with lower odds of using antidepressants. High control at work was also associated with lower use of benzodiazepines. Workers exposed to active, high-strain work were more likely to use benzodiazepines. Final considerations: the results of this study reinforce the hypothesis that stress at work is associated with the use of benzodiazepine antidepressants, demonstrating its importance for contributing to interventions in the workplace, as well as to the rational use of medications in the population of workers

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interno - 1676450 - GUSTAVO MACHADO ROCHA
Presidente - 2059540 - ROBERTA CARVALHO DE FIGUEIREDO
Externo à Instituição - SOTERO SERRATE MENGUE - UFRGS