Self-esteem and consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances in outsourced workers.

Nayara Pires Nadaleti,Sérgio Valverde Marques dos Santos,Jefferson Felipe Ribeiro,Poliana Martins Ferreira,Fábio de Souza Terra

doi:10.1590/1518-8345.3401.3199

Abstract

Objective to evaluate self-esteem, the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other substances in outsourced workers of a public university.Method a descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative study developed with 316 outsourced workers from a municipality in the Southeast of Brazil. Data was collected through a characterization tool, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test. For data analysis, we used descriptive statistics, Pearson’s chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, odds ratio and logistic regression.Results the majority of workers had high self-esteem and some used alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and inhalants. A significant association between gender, age group and work shift with self-esteem; between the risk of developing problems related to alcohol consumption with sex, age group, marital status, religious belief and number of children; between the practice of physical activity and the risk of developing problems related to the consumption of tobacco products was found.Conclusion this study contributes to the increase of knowledge due to the small number of researches involving this subject and to contribute to the nurses to have subsidies to work with this population using strategies to combat the triggers of psychic disorders.

Highlights

With regard to outsourced services, this practice has become commonplace in Brazil and in the world, used as a way of increasing productivity, quality of services and reducing costs
The study population consisted of all outsourced workers who served this university, which accounted for 343 workers. These people worked in different areas and functions such as administrative assistant, mechanic assistant, general service assistant, lab assistant, dental assistant, among others
It was observed that the majority of workers did not practice any physical activity (42.7%), had some chronic disease (30.1%), and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) was the most prevalent (48.4%)

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Introduction

In this technological, globalized and individualistic era, society has increasingly sought different forms of change to adapt to the new job configurations that are required in contracts. In this way, healthy life and social respect have become complex and secondary factors, facing the contemporary transformations and demands of the world of work, leading to outsourcing[1]. With regard to outsourced services, this practice has become commonplace in Brazil and in the world, used as a way of increasing productivity, quality of services and reducing costs. This type of service is considered to be precarious, and may have consequences for the health and well-being of these professionals, including changes in self-esteem[5]

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