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Prevalence and occupational covariates of mood, anxiety disorders, and alcohol dependence in a French ancillary staff population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

R. Thiébaut ,
C. Martin ,
D. Grabot ,
C. Verdun-Esquer ,
P. Gabinski  and
J. Tignol
R. Thiébaut
Affiliation:
Département d'information médicale, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Leo Saignat, CH Charles Perrens
C. Martin
Affiliation:
Département d'information médicale, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Leo Saignat, CH Charles Perrens
D. Grabot
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de psychiatrie, Université Victor Segalen
C. Verdun-Esquer
Affiliation:
Service de Médecine du Travail et de Pathologie Professionnelle, CHU de Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
P. Gabinski
Affiliation:
Service de Médecine du Travail et de Pathologie Professionnelle, CHU de Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
J. Tignol
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de psychiatrie, Université Victor Segalen
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Summary

The aim of this study was to confirm the high prevalence of three frequent psychiatric disorders : anxiety, depressive illnesses, and alcohol dependence among ancillary staff, and to examine for occupational risk factors. Two hundred and forty-six women were randomly selected from the ancillary staff of the regional hospital centre of Bordeaux, and 186 subjects were interviewed between June 1996 and October 1997. First, a self-administrated questionnaire was completed concerning socio-economic status, lifestyle, health, and working conditions. Second, the two sections of the composite international diagnosis interview (CIDI), devoted to explore anxiety and depression, and the short Michigan alcoholism screening test (S-MAST) were used.

Mean age of the subjects was 40.8 years (SD = 8.3 years). During the year preceding the interview, 77 (42.5 %) subjects had stopped their job because of illness. Prevalence of the psychiatric disorders studied was 33.9 % (95 % confidence interval, 27.1-40.7 %). These disorders were related to sickness absence. This is why the use of drugs raises questions for work physicians. Two protective factors associated against depression in logistic regression analysis were found: training at the time of employment, and the task ‘cleaning sickroom’.

A high prevalence of psychiatric disorders was confirmed and occupational risk factors for the prevalence of increased psychiatric disorders were isolated that could have practical consequences, such as for the training at time of employment.

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epidemiologic studiesmental disordersoccupational health
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European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 210 - 216
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1999

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