Problem drinking and comorbidity with mental ill health: a cross-sectional study among healthcare workers in Sweden.

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Alcohol and alcoholism Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI:10.1093/alcalc/agaf016

Josefina Peláez-Zuberbuhler, Emelie Thern, Håvard R Karlsen, Siw Tone Innstrand, Marit Christensen, Bodil J Landstad, Devy L Elling, Malin Sjöström, Emma Brulin

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Abstract

Aims: Problem drinking in healthcare workers (HCWs) is highly relevant to study as it could result in personal suffering, as well as inefficiencies in health service delivery. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of nondrinking, drinking, and problem drinking and to investigate the comorbidity between drinking alcohol and mental illness (burnout and depression) among HCWs in Sweden.

Methods: This cross-sectional study draws on the 2022 Longitudinal Occupational Health survey in Healthcare Sweden of physicians, nurses, and nurse assistants in Sweden (N = 5966). Measures include levels of alcohol use assessed by the Cut, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye Opener questionnaire, the 12-item Burnout Assessment Tool, and the Symptom CheckList-Core Depression. Multinomial Logistic regressions were used to investigate the likelihood of reporting nondrinking and problem drinking compared to drinking.

Results: The prevalence of problem drinking among Swedish HCWs was 3.7%. Only sex differences were observed for those with a problem drinking, with male nurses and nurse assistants being more likely to report problem drinking. Comorbidity was found between problem drinking and depression but not between problem drinking and burnout.

Conclusions: This study demonstrated that ~3.7% of Swedish HCWs had problem drinking and that those also had a higher likelihood of reporting depression but not burnout. Results contribute to new knowledge about the use of alcohol and comorbidities with depression and burnout among HCWs in Sweden. Findings could benefit employers in implementing preventive and tailored strategies to preserve the psychosocial well-being of HCWs.

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饮酒问题和精神疾病的共病：瑞典卫生保健工作者的横断面研究。

目的：卫生保健工作者（HCWs）的饮酒问题与研究高度相关，因为它可能导致个人痛苦，以及卫生服务提供效率低下。本研究旨在调查瑞典卫生保健工作者中不饮酒、饮酒和问题饮酒的患病率，并调查饮酒与精神疾病（倦怠和抑郁）之间的合并症。方法：这项横断面研究利用了2022年瑞典医疗保健部门对瑞典医生、护士和护士助理的纵向职业健康调查（N = 5966）。测量方法包括通过“切割、烦恼、内疚和大开眼界问卷”、“12项倦怠评估工具”和“核心抑郁症症状检查表”来评估酒精使用水平。使用多项逻辑回归来调查报告不饮酒和问题饮酒与饮酒的可能性。结果：瑞典医护人员问题饮酒患病率为3.7%。在那些有饮酒问题的人中，只观察到性别差异，男性护士和护士助理更有可能报告饮酒问题。问题饮酒与抑郁之间存在共病，但问题饮酒与倦怠之间没有共病。结论：该研究表明，约3.7%的瑞典医护人员有饮酒问题，这些人也更有可能报告抑郁，但没有倦怠。结果有助于对瑞典卫生保健工作者中酒精使用和抑郁症和倦怠合并症的新认识。研究结果有助于雇主实施预防和量身定制的战略，以保持卫生保健工作者的心理社会健康。

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Alcohol and alcoholism 医学-药物滥用

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4.70

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3.60%

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4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： About the Journal Alcohol and Alcoholism publishes papers on the biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research, provided that they make a new and significant contribution to knowledge in the field. Papers include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental (including clinical) methods of importance to the field of alcohol research and treatment, or new interpretations of existing results. Theoretical contributions are considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work provided that such theoretical contributions are not of a largely speculative or philosophical nature.