A latent class analysis of health risk behaviours in the UK Police Service and their associations with mental health and job strain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health risk behaviours (e.g., harmful drinking and smoking) often cluster together and can be associated with poor mental health and stress. This study examined how health risk behaviours cluster together in individuals in a high stress occupation (UK Police Service), and the associations with mental health and job strain.

Methods

Data was obtained from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study (25,234 male and 14,989 female police employees), which included measures of health risk behaviours (alcohol use, diet, smoking status, physical activity), poor mental health (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]), and job strain (low, high, active, passive). Classes of health risk behaviours were identified using Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and the associat

SUBMITTER: Irizar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233366 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature