Perceived Stress Associated Factors in Workers at a Public University.
Larissa Bessani Hidalgo Gimenez, Maria Neyrian de Fátima Fernandes, Larissa Horta Esper and 3 others
PMID 36346181WHAT IT FOUND
Administrative university workers reported moderate perceived stress.
Younger age, male sex, technical or higher job levels, and higher depression and anxiety scores were associated with increased stress. Meditation showed a non-significant protective trend. Alcohol and tobacco use were not associated with stress scores.
Key findings
01Being younger, male, and holding a technical or higher-level job position were associated with higher perceived stress scores in the adjusted model.
02Higher scores for depression and anxiety were associated with increased perceived stress.
03Meditation practice suggested a protective effect against perceived stress but did not reach statistical significance.
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What it does not show
The response rate was 54.51%, meaning nearly half of the eligible workers did not participate, which may introduce selection bias. The cross-sectional design cannot establish causality; it only identifies associations between variables and stress levels. The study relied on self-reported data for stress, depression, anxiety, and health practices, which is subject to recall and social desirability biases. The sample was limited to administrative technicians in a single public university in Brazil, restricting generalizability to other occupational groups or settings.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that reducing alcohol or tobacco use will lower perceived stress based on this paper, as no association was found between these habits and stress scores in this sample.