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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Do Differences in Drinking Attitudes and Alcohol-Related Problems Explain Differences in Sick Leave? A Multilevel Analysis of 95 Work Units Within 14 Companies From the WIRUS Study.

Neda S Hashemi, Ingvild Dalen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Hildegunn Sagvaag, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, Randi Wågø Aas

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Neda S HashemiDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Ingvild DalenDepartment of Research, Section of Biostatistics, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Jens Christoffer SkogenDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Hildegunn SagvaagDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
David Gimeno Ruiz de PorrasSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health in San Antonio, The University of Texas Health Science at Houston, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Randi Wågø AasDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
University of Stavanger · NOCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESStavanger University Hospital · NO

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Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental HealthT42OH008421 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FELKNOR, SARAH A. · 2005 to 2024
$24.1M
NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Systematic reviews have shown a strong relationship between alcohol consumption and sick leave. The effect of alcohol consumption on sick leave may, however, vary according to the work environment. While attitudes toward drinking may impact sick leave, there is little research on the contribution of drinking attitudes to sick leave. Moreover, alcohol-related problems and drinking attitudes may be influenced by the broader sociocultural contexts of the organizational units where people work. Objectives: This study aimed to explore the relationship of alcohol-related problems and drinking attitudes with sick leave while considering the nesting of employees within working units within companies. Method: Data from the WIRUS (Workplace Interventions preventing Risky alcohol Use and Sick leave) study were linked to company-registered sick leave data for 2,560 employees from 95 different work units in public ( Results: We observed higher variation of one-day, short-term, and overall sick leave days between companies than between work units within companies (15, 12, and 30% vs. 0, 5, and 8%, respectively). However, neither alcohol-related problems nor drinking attitudes were associated with sick leave and, thus, those variations in sick leave were not explained by alcohol-related problems or drinking attitudes. Conclusion: Our findings suggest company-level differences are more important than within company differences when explaining differences in sick leave. While alcohol-related problems or drinking attitudes were not associated with sick leave, future studies may need to explore the role of company policies, practices, or social norms in variations in sick leave rates.

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EmploymentSick LeaveAttitudeHumansMultilevel AnalysisWorkplaceabsenteeismalcohol consumptionattitudespresenteeismpublic healthworkforce

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