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.

La percezione del problema alcol fra i lavoratori in aziende dei settori trasporti, sanità ed edilizia nella Regione Lazio. Risultati di uno studio osservazionale / Valente, Pasquale; Mipatrini, Daniele; Mannocci, Alice; Ruscitti, Luca Enrico; Sernia, Sabina; Ceccanti, Mauro; La Torre, Giuseppe. - In: LA MEDICINA DEL LAVORO. - ISSN 0025-7818. - 109:3(2018), pp. 1-9. [10.23749/mdl.v109i3.6902]

La percezione del problema alcol fra i lavoratori in aziende dei settori trasporti, sanità ed edilizia nella Regione Lazio. Risultati di uno studio osservazionale

Valente, Pasquale;Mipatrini, Daniele;Mannocci, Alice;Sernia, Sabina;Ceccanti, Mauro;La Torre, Giuseppe
2018

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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.
2018
adult; binge drinking; construction industry; delivery of health care; female; humans; italy; male; middle aged; occupational health; risk factors; social perception; surveys and questionnaires; transportation; workplace; alcohol drinking; health knowledge, ttitudes, practice
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La percezione del problema alcol fra i lavoratori in aziende dei settori trasporti, sanità ed edilizia nella Regione Lazio. Risultati di uno studio osservazionale / Valente, Pasquale; Mipatrini, Daniele; Mannocci, Alice; Ruscitti, Luca Enrico; Sernia, Sabina; Ceccanti, Mauro; La Torre, Giuseppe. - In: LA MEDICINA DEL LAVORO. - ISSN 0025-7818. - 109:3(2018), pp. 1-9. [10.23749/mdl.v109i3.6902]
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