Vancini Rodrigo L, de Lira Claudio Ab, Anceschi Sarah A, Rosa André V, Lima-Leopoldo Ana P, Leopoldo André S, Rufo-Tavares Weverton, Andrade Marilia S, Nikolaidis Pantelis T, Rosemann Thomas, Knechtle Beat
Departamento de Desportos, Centro de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil,
Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2018 Nov 14;11:589-595. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S186128. eCollection 2018.
Police officers are subjected to high work-related stress. This scenario of irregular and insalubrious working conditions may be related to an increase in psychiatric disorders and overweight. In particular, low levels of physical activity and high work stress levels may predispose police officers to obesity, poor lifestyles, and, consequently, major risk of psychological disorders. Thus, our aim was to profile the anxiety/depression symptoms and habitual physical activity (HPA) levels of Brazilian elite police officers classified by body mass index (BMI).
Eighty-seven male police officers classified as normal-weight (NG, BMI =18.5-24.9 kg/m, n=34) and excess-weight (EG, BMI ≥25 kg/m, n=53) completed (before work routine time) the questionnaires: Baecke (HPA levels), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (anxiety), and Beck Depression Inventory (depression).
There was a slight trend (despite did not reach statistical significance) of the EG group (which have a significantly [=0.0369] higher mean [8.8±7.6] of military service time [in years] when compared to NG group [5.8±6.0]) presenting higher values of anxiety-trait (+5.0%) and depression (+16.0%) and lower levels of leisure time HPA (-3.7%) than NG group.
Although our hypothesis was not ratified, our findings have clinical relevance because we profiled the anxiety and depression symptoms and HPA levels of elite police officers. Moreover, it is possible to suppose that the military service time (years) is a relevant factor, that it needs to be studied in depth, and that it may impact the predisposition for mood disorders and low levels of physical activity of police officers.
警察面临着与工作相关的高压力。这种不规律且不健康的工作环境可能与精神疾病增加和超重有关。特别是，低水平的身体活动和高工作压力可能使警察易患肥胖、不良生活方式，进而导致心理障碍的重大风险。因此，我们的目的是剖析按体重指数（BMI）分类的巴西精英警察的焦虑/抑郁症状及习惯性身体活动（HPA）水平。
87名男性警察被分为正常体重组（NG，BMI =18.5 - 24.9 kg/m，n = 34）和超重组（EG，BMI≥25 kg/m，n = 53），他们在（工作常规时间之前）完成了以下问卷：贝克问卷（HPA水平）、状态 - 特质焦虑量表（焦虑）和贝克抑郁量表（抑郁）。
EG组（与NG组[5.8±6.0]相比，其平均服役时间[年]显著[=0.0369]更高，为[8.8±7.6]）呈现出焦虑特质（+5.0%）和抑郁（+16.0%）值更高以及休闲时间HPA水平（-3.7%）低于NG组的轻微趋势（尽管未达到统计学显著性）。
虽然我们的假设未得到证实，但我们的研究结果具有临床相关性，因为我们剖析了精英警察的焦虑和抑郁症状以及HPA水平。此外，可以推测服役时间（年）是一个相关因素，需要深入研究，并且它可能影响警察患情绪障碍的易感性和低水平的身体活动。
