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Validated instruments, including the perceived stress scale, police stress questionnaire (operational (PSQ-Op)\/ organizational (PSQ-Org), 12-item general health questionnaire (GHQ-12), 9-item patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), and the alcohol, smoking, and substance involvement questionnaire (ASSIST), were administered. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Student t-test, ANOVA, and linear regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The overall mean scores on the PSQ-Op (4.24 (sd-1.25)) and PSQ-Org (4.20 (sd-1.25)) were indicative of severe stress. The rates of psychological distress were 22.9%, sleep disturbance- 51.8%, depression- 4.7%, and anxiety- 3.1%. Police occupational stress was associated with service location, perceived stress, psychological distress, sleep disturbance, depression, and anxiety symptoms in bivariate analysis. Perceived stress, sleep disturbance and service location remained significantly related to operational and organizational stress in multivariate analysis while PHQ-9 score was associated with PSQ-Op but not to PSQ-Org.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Police officers in Nigeria experience an excessive amount of stress related to their work, and this stress is associated with poor mental and emotional health and is determined by the service location.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10519815261493909","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,12]],"date-time":"2026-10-12T14:38:07Z","timestamp":1791815887000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Occupational stress and mental health of police officers in Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5856-2100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bibilola D","family":"Oladeji","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, University of Ibadan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7238-2413","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adeyinka O","family":"Adefolarin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-6749-8585","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oluwatobi J","family":"Hussain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7186-1113","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mojisola M","family":"Oluwasanu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2708-4764","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Musibau A","family":"Titiloye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-3476-9268","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mackson O","family":"Unogu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nigeria Police Force"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-9332-3560","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrick","family":"Okafor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nigeria Police Force"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0859-8056","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Olayinka O","family":"Ajayi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3290-6483","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ezinne O","family":"Uvere","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0892-7578","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ademola J","family":"Ajuwon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.00587"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2022.102924"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Barret P. 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