Stephen Daniel Ramos1, Morgan Kelly2, Ty Schepis3. 1. a Department of Psychology , Illinois Institute of Technology, Psychology , Chicago , Illinois , USA. 2. b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , University of Washington, Psychology , Seattle , Washington , USA. 3. c Department of Psychology , Texas State University , San Marcos , Texas , USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Research indicates healthcare workers' personal substance use may affect quality of care. Investigating factors that correlate with coping through substance use may provide insight into improving quality care. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine potential correlates of coping through substance use among healthcare workers, with a particular focus on humor, social support, stress perception, and smoking temptation. METHOD: Participants, recruited from healthcare facilities, anonymously completed a 30-minute questionnaire of psychometrically valid measurements. RESULTS: In a sample of primarily female (75.7%), age 20-39 (74.8%), floor staff (i.e., doctors, nurses, technicians/assistants; 61.2%), perceived stress [β = .036, t(98) = 2.55, p = .012], smoking temptation [β = .036, t(98) = 2.21, p = .030], and coping through humor [β = .163, t(98) = 2.033, p = .045] were significant correlates of the coping through substance use, with all relationships positively co-varying. Social support at work did not predict coping through substance use [β = -.032, t(98) = -.814, p > .05]. Furthermore, negative affect/situation smoking temptation was associated with increased coping through substance use [β = .246, t(99) = 2.859, p = .005] and habit/craving temptation was associated with decreased coping through substance use [β = -.260, t(99) = -2.201, p = .030; however, positive affect/social temptation was not [β = .054, t(99) = -.553, p > .05]. Conclusions/Importance: These findings suggest that coping with humor may relate to coping through substance use, while social support at work is either unrelated to coping through substance use in this sample or may not be adequately assessed with the measure used. Consistent with the literature, negative affect/situation was associated with increased coping through substance use. However, habit/craving was negatively predictive. Further research should explore the variables related to coping through substance use among healthcare workers.
BACKGROUND: Research indicates healthcare workers' personal substance use may affect quality of care. Investigating factors that correlate with coping through substance use may provide insight into improving quality care. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine potential correlates of coping through substance use among healthcare workers, with a particular focus on humor, social support, stress perception, and smoking temptation. METHOD:Participants, recruited from healthcare facilities, anonymously completed a 30-minute questionnaire of psychometrically valid measurements. RESULTS: In a sample of primarily female (75.7%), age 20-39 (74.8%), floor staff (i.e., doctors, nurses, technicians/assistants; 61.2%), perceived stress [β = .036, t(98) = 2.55, p = .012], smoking temptation [β = .036, t(98) = 2.21, p = .030], and coping through humor [β = .163, t(98) = 2.033, p = .045] were significant correlates of the coping through substance use, with all relationships positively co-varying. Social support at work did not predict coping through substance use [β = -.032, t(98) = -.814, p > .05]. Furthermore, negative affect/situation smoking temptation was associated with increased coping through substance use [β = .246, t(99) = 2.859, p = .005] and habit/craving temptation was associated with decreased coping through substance use [β = -.260, t(99) = -2.201, p = .030; however, positive affect/social temptation was not [β = .054, t(99) = -.553, p > .05]. Conclusions/Importance: These findings suggest that coping with humor may relate to coping through substance use, while social support at work is either unrelated to coping through substance use in this sample or may not be adequately assessed with the measure used. Consistent with the literature, negative affect/situation was associated with increased coping through substance use. However, habit/craving was negatively predictive. Further research should explore the variables related to coping through substance use among healthcare workers.
Authors: Christine L Covell; Shamel Rolle Sands; Kenchera Ingraham; Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay; Sheri L Price; Carol Reichert; Ivy L Bourgeault Journal: Hum Resour Health Date: 2020-05-19
Authors: Diego Vinicius Santinelli Pestana; Dante Raglione; Luiz Dalfior Junior; Caroline de Souza Pereira Liberatti; Elisangela Camargo Braga; Vitor Augusto de Lima Ezequiel; Adriana da Silva Alves; Juliana Gil Mauro; José Omar de Araújo Dias; Paulo Thadeu Fantinato Moreira; Bruno Del Bianco Madureira; Lilian Petroni Paiva; Bruno Melo Nóbrega de Lucena; João Manoel Silva Junior; Luiz Marcelo Sá Malbouisson Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-02-10 Impact factor: 3.240