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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 112393 |
| CIS number |
12-0154 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2011 |
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| Author(s) |
Carey M.G., Al-Zaiti S.S., Dean G.E., Sessanna L., Finnell D.S. |
| Title |
Sleep problems, depression, substance use, social bonding, and quality of life in professional firefighters |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 2011, Vol.53, No.8, p.928-933. Illus. 31 ref. |
| Internet access |
Sleep_problems_[BUY_THIS_ARTICLE] [in English]
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| Abstract |
Little attention has been given to factors contributing to firefighters' well-being. The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine such contributing factors in a sample of 112 professional firefighters. 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%) and poor social bonding (4%). 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. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
state of health; fire fighting; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
alcoholism; smoking; sleep disturbances; human relations; mental health; social aspects |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
Occupational pathology
Psychology and sociology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Stress, psychosocial factors
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| Browse category(ies) |
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
Mental health
Psychology of work organization
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