Job strain and non-medical drug use

Carla L. Storr; Alison M. Trinkoff; James C. Anthony

doi:10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00181-1

Job strain and non-medical drug use

Carla L. Storr, Alison M. Trinkoff, James C. Anthony

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Abstract

In this study, the Karasek demand/control formulation of job strain, initially used in research on cardiovascular health, has been extended to drug use. Full-time nurses (n=2375), all participants in a national anonymous mailed survey, were an estimated 1.5 times more likely to be a recent non-medical drug user if they had a high strain job as compared to nurses in low strain jobs. The psychosocial work environment might influence whether nurses become and remain non-medical drug users, over and above the risk-modifying functions related to nurses' individual vulnerabilities and their greater access to controlled substances. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	45-51
Number of pages	7
Journal	Drug and alcohol dependence
Volume	55
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00181-1
State	Published - Jun 1 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Job strain
Occupational health
Stress
Substance abuse
Survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Toxicology
Pharmacology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Pharmacology (medical)

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