Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Among Spanish University Professors: Associations With Lifestyle Habits and Physical and Mental Health Indicators.

Lower mental well-being, greater emotional exhaustion, and more frequent sleep disturbances were significant predictors across all three psychological distress outcomes (stress, anxiety, and depression).

• These three predictors were consistent across stress, anxiety, and depression outcomes in regression analyses.
• The study included 1560 participants from thirteen Spanish universities in the Spanish Network of Health-Promoting Universities.
• Mean participant age was 47.39 ± 11.29 years.
• Cross-sectional design was used.

Being female and younger were significant demographic predictors specifically for stress and anxiety, but not for depression.

• Gender and age emerged as significant predictors in regression models for stress and anxiety outcomes.
• These demographic factors did not emerge as significant predictors for depression.
• The sample included university professors from thirteen Spanish health-promoting universities.

Stress was additionally associated with increased emotional eating and reduced vocal recovery.

• Emotional eating and reduced vocal recovery were identified as predictors specific to stress but not to anxiety or depression.
• Vocal fatigue was among the variables assessed in the study.
• These associations were identified through regression analyses.

Anxiety was linked to greater physical vocal discomfort as a specific predictor.

• Physical vocal discomfort was a predictor specific to anxiety and was not identified as a predictor for stress or depression.
• Vocal fatigue variables were included among the lifestyle and health indicators assessed.
• This finding was identified through regression analyses.

Depression was predicted exclusively by lower mental well-being, higher emotional exhaustion, and more sleep problems, with no additional lifestyle or demographic predictors.

• Unlike stress and anxiety, depression did not show associations with gender, age, emotional eating, or vocal symptoms.
• The three shared predictors (mental well-being, emotional exhaustion, sleep disturbances) were the only significant predictors for depression.
• This pattern was identified through regression analyses in a cross-sectional sample of 1560 university professors.

The study assessed a broad range of variables including burnout, health-related quality of life, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, dietary patterns, sleep quality, and vocal fatigue among university professors.

• The cross-sectional study included 1560 participants (mean age 47.39 ± 11.29 years).
• Participants were drawn from thirteen universities that are part of the Spanish Network of Health-Promoting Universities.
• Stress, anxiety, and depression were the primary psychological distress outcomes examined.
• Regression analyses were used to examine associations between lifestyle habits, health indicators, and psychological distress outcomes.