Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Fibigerstræde 4, Denmark.
Scand J Public Health. 2010 Dec;38(8):857-63. doi: 10.1177/1403494810375490. Epub 2010 Jul 2.
Entering entrepreneurship (i.e. becoming an entrepreneur) is known to be a demanding activity with increased workload, financial uncertainty and increased levels of stress. However, there are no systematic studies on how entering entrepreneurship affects the people involved.
The authors investigated prescriptions of psychotropics for 6,221 first-time entrepreneurs from 2001-2004 and their 2,381 spouses in the first two years after becoming entrepreneurs in a matched case-control study using linked data from three Danish national registries: The Danish database for Labor Market Research, the Danish Entrepreneurship database and the Danish Prescription database.
Entrepreneurs were more likely to fill prescriptions at pharmacies for sedatives/hypnotics (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 1.45 [95% CI: 1.26-1.66], p < .0001). However, they were less likely to fill prescriptions for antidepressants (AOR: 0.74 [95% CI: 0.59-0.92] p = 0.007). Spouses of these entrepreneurs were also more likely to fill prescriptions for sedatives/hypnotics (AOR: 1.36 [95% CI: 1.10-1.67], p = 0.005). No difference in prescription of antidepressants was found for spouses.
This study showed that there was a significant relation between entering entrepreneurship and receiving prescriptions for sedative/ hypnotics both among the entrepreneurs themselves and their spouses, suggesting that entering entrepreneurship may be associated with increased stress for both the entrepreneurs and their families.
创业（即成为企业家）是一项要求很高的活动，工作强度大、财务不稳定、压力水平增加。然而，目前还没有系统的研究来探讨创业活动对相关人员的影响。
作者通过对三个丹麦国家登记处（丹麦劳动力市场研究数据库、丹麦创业数据库和丹麦处方数据库）的关联数据进行了一项基于匹配病例对照研究，调查了 2001-2004 年 6221 名首次创业者及其 2381 名配偶在成为创业者的头两年中精神药物的处方情况。
创业者在药店开镇静剂/催眠药的处方的可能性更大（调整后的优势比（AOR）：1.45[95%置信区间（CI）：1.26-1.66]，p<0.0001）。然而，他们开抗抑郁药的处方的可能性较小（AOR：0.74[95%CI：0.59-0.92]，p=0.007）。这些创业者的配偶也更有可能开镇静剂/催眠药的处方（AOR：1.36[95%CI：1.10-1.67]，p=0.005）。配偶开抗抑郁药的处方则没有差异。
本研究表明，创业与开镇静/催眠药的处方之间存在显著关系，无论是创业者本人还是他们的配偶都如此，这表明创业可能会给创业者及其家庭带来更大的压力。
