Sleep Problems, Depression, Substance Use, Social Bonding, and Quality of Life in Professional Firefighters
Sleep Problems, Depression, Substance Use, Social Bonding, and Quality of Life in Professional Firefighters
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DOI：
10.1097/jom.0b013e318225898f
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Finnell, Deborah S.
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作者：
Carey, Mary G.;Al-Zaiti, Salah S.;Finnell, Deborah S.
目的：消防员身心健康的影响因素尚未得到重视。本描述性研究的目的是在一个专业消防员样本中检验这些影响因素。方法：对112名消防员进行睡眠、抑郁、药物使用、社会关系和生活质量评估。结果：总体而言，许多消防员报告睡眠剥夺（59%）、酗酒行为（58%）、精神健康状况不佳（21%）、目前使用尼古丁（20%）、危险饮酒行为（14%）、抑郁（11%）、身体健康状况不佳（8%）、咖啡因过量（5%）或社会联系不良（4%）。结论：睡眠剥夺、抑郁、身体/精神健康和饮酒行为之间存在中小型相关性。影响身心健康的高危行为在专业消防员中普遍存在，这需要环境和个人健康促进干预措施。因此，这些行为之间的相互关系需要进一步深入研究。
Objective: Little attention has been given to factors contributing to firefighters' psychosomatic well-being. The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine such contributing factors in a sample of professional firefighters. Methods: Measures assessing sleep, depression, substance use, social bonding, and quality of life were examined in 112 firefighters. Results: Overall, many firefighters reported sleep deprivation (59%), binge drinking behavior (58%), poor mental well-being (21%), current nicotine use (20%), hazardous drinking behavior (14%), depression (11%), poor physical well-being (8%), caffeine overuse (5%), or poor social bonding (4%). Conclusions: Small-to-medium correlations were identified between sleep deprivation, depression, physical/mental well-being, and drinking behaviors. High-risk behaviors that impact psychosomatic well-being are prevalent in professional firefighters, which require environmental and individual-based health promotion interventions. The inter-correlation relationships between such behaviors, therefore, need to be explored in further details.