Benzodiazepine use among employees of a private company

Abstract

This study aimed to Identify variables associated to the consumption of benzodiazepine among workers of a private company In the VIII Region, Chile. This is a cross-sectional and correlative study. Study population: 40 employees of a private company. The Instruments Included a questionnaire on socio-demographic variables and a benzodiazepine questionnaire. There was no record of benzodiazepine consumption at the moment of the study. Twenty percent (20%) of the Interviewees had already used benzodiazepine in the past, whereas, half of them (10%) in the last year. The bivariate analysis of the last year consumption of benzodiazepine with work hours variables showed no significant relation (p=0.073). No association was found between benzodiazepine consumption and socio-demographic variables among the study participants. receptors, GABA-A; workers; mental health.