Citation

Wanke EM, Schmidt M, Bendels M, Oremek G, Groneberg DA. Work 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Goethe University, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, IOS Press)

DOI

10.3233/WOR-193031

PMID

31815709

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dance teachers (DTs) give lessons on various professional and amateur genres. Up to the present, little has been known on health-related behavior regarding the consumption of substances such as inhalant and synthetic substances, cocaine, cannabis/marijuana (c/m), anabolic steroids and naturally occurring hallucinogens in dance teachers. RELEVANCE: To analyze the consumption of these substances as well as to determine influencing variables due to their role model function (educational level, prevalence of injuries, BMI and income).

METHODS: N = 236 (m: n = 53, f: n = 183) professional DTs participated in the single cross-sectional cohort study.

RESULTS: The majority of DTs had a single or occasional use of the tested substances. This coincides with the results of the general population. C/m was the most frequently consumed substance with a prevalence of up to 40.1% (m). Only a few significant gender-specific differences were observed. There were weak gender-specific correlations between the consumption of substances and educational level (f) and income (m and f) or injuries (f).

CONCLUSION: Due to the specific occupational stress DTs are exposed to, a use of substances would be conceivable. However, apart from cannabis/marijuana (c/m), the consumption of psychoactive substances in DTs seems to be negligible. However, attention should be paid to the significant proportion of dance teachers having tried out substances.

Language: en

Keywords

Physical education teacher; gender specific differences; prevention; psychoactive substances