Citation

Valente P, Mipatrini D, Mannocci A, Ruscitti LE, Sernia S, Ceccanti M, La Torre G. Med. Lav. 2018; 109(3): e6902.

Affiliation

giuseppe.latorre@uniroma1.it.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Società italiana di medicina del lavoro, Publisher Mattioli)

DOI

10.23749/mdl.v109i3.6902

PMID

29943752

Abstract

AIM: To perform an analysis of the perception of alcohol use among workers of the transportation, healthcare and building sectors.

METHODS: A survey was carried out on alcohol consumption and knowledge of deriving health effects. Socio-demographic characteristics of the workers were collected. Risk indexes for habitual alcohol and binge consumption were calculated.

RESULTS: The number of workers entering the survey is 3,914 (57% males; 58% married). Two-thirds of the sample reported good knowledge of alcohol-related risks that could occur at the workplace, and 55% of alcohol-related health risks. Binge drinking is inversely associated with female gender, good perceived health and good knowledge of alcohol-related risks at the workplace and of alcohol-related health risks. People who are single, young and working in the building sector show higher odds for binge drinking. The habitual use is positively associated with marital status (OR=1.51 for single) and working sector (in the building sector OR=3.28; in the healthcare OR=1.90); and inversely associated with good health (OR=0.70), good knowledge of alcohol-related risks at the workplace (OR=0.54) and of alcohol-related health risks (OR=0.41).

CONCLUSIONS: Socio-demographic factors, such as age, gender and marital status are associated with different patterns of alcohol consumption, that in turn are inversely associated with good knowledge of alcohol-related risks at the workplace and of alcohol-related health risks. These results suggest the need to increase knowledge of alcohol-related issues among the workers, both at the workplace and in everyday life.

Language: it