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Effort–Reward Imbalance at Work and Drug Misuse: Evidence from a National Survey in the U.S.

With the rise of drug misuse among workers in recent years, preliminary research on potential risk factors in the workplace of single-type of drug misuse has been reported. This is the first study to examine cross-sectional associations of work stress, in terms of effort–reward imbalance, with multi...

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Autores principales: Li, Jian, Matthews, Timothy A., Chen, Liwei, Seamans, Marissa, Leineweber, Constanze, Siegrist, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413334
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author Li, Jian
Matthews, Timothy A.
Chen, Liwei
Seamans, Marissa
Leineweber, Constanze
Siegrist, Johannes
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Matthews, Timothy A.
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description With the rise of drug misuse among workers in recent years, preliminary research on potential risk factors in the workplace of single-type of drug misuse has been reported. This is the first study to examine cross-sectional associations of work stress, in terms of effort–reward imbalance, with multiple drug misuse (including any drug misuse, opioid misuse, sedatives misuse, cannabis misuse, and other drug misuse) during the past 12 months in a national sample of U.S. workers. Data of 2211 workers were derived from the nationally representative and population-based Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Internal consistency reliability and factorial validity of a 17-item effort–reward imbalance measure were robust and satisfactory. After adjustment for relevant covariates, logistic regression analyses showed that workers experiencing effort–reward imbalance at work had significantly higher odds of any drug misuse (OR and 95% CI = 1.18 (1.03, 1.37)), especially opioid misuse (OR and 95% CI = 1.35 (1.07, 1.69)) and other drug misuse (OR and 95% CI = 1.36 (1.01, 1.83)). The findings suggest that a stressful work environment may act as a determinant of drug misuse, and further prospective evidence is needed.
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spelling pubmed-87021042021-12-24 Effort–Reward Imbalance at Work and Drug Misuse: Evidence from a National Survey in the U.S. Li, Jian Matthews, Timothy A. Chen, Liwei Seamans, Marissa Leineweber, Constanze Siegrist, Johannes Int J Environ Res Public Health Article With the rise of drug misuse among workers in recent years, preliminary research on potential risk factors in the workplace of single-type of drug misuse has been reported. This is the first study to examine cross-sectional associations of work stress, in terms of effort–reward imbalance, with multiple drug misuse (including any drug misuse, opioid misuse, sedatives misuse, cannabis misuse, and other drug misuse) during the past 12 months in a national sample of U.S. workers. Data of 2211 workers were derived from the nationally representative and population-based Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Internal consistency reliability and factorial validity of a 17-item effort–reward imbalance measure were robust and satisfactory. After adjustment for relevant covariates, logistic regression analyses showed that workers experiencing effort–reward imbalance at work had significantly higher odds of any drug misuse (OR and 95% CI = 1.18 (1.03, 1.37)), especially opioid misuse (OR and 95% CI = 1.35 (1.07, 1.69)) and other drug misuse (OR and 95% CI = 1.36 (1.01, 1.83)). The findings suggest that a stressful work environment may act as a determinant of drug misuse, and further prospective evidence is needed. MDPI 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8702104/ /pubmed/34948938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413334 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Effort–Reward Imbalance at Work and Drug Misuse: Evidence from a National Survey in the U.S.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413334
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