Alcohol Dependence, Consumption of Alcoholic Energy Drinks and Associated Work Characteristics in the Taiwan Working Population.

Aims: To examine the association between work characteristics and the risk of alcohol dependence across different employment types and occupations, including the pattern of alcohol consumption in the form of energy drinks and its association with alcohol dependence. Methods: A total of 13,501 men an...

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Published in:Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 372 - 380
Main Authors: Cheng, Wan-Ju, Cheng, Yawen, Huang, Ming-Chyi, Chen, Chiou-Jong
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jul/Aug2012
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          Cheng, Wan-Ju
          Cheng, Yawen
          Huang, Ming-Chyi
          Chen, Chiou-Jong
        affil: Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health , National Taiwan University , 17 Xu-Zhou Rd., Taipei , Taiwan
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          Alcoholism Risk Factors
          Job Characteristics
          Alcoholic Beverages
          Caffeine
          Alcoholism Epidemiology
          Human
          Funding Source
          Survey Research
          Descriptive Statistics
          Taiwan
          Interviews
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Male
          Female
          Data Analysis Software
          Multiple Logistic Regression
          Odds Ratio
          Confidence Intervals
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Psychological Tests
          Questionnaires
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Aims: To examine the association between work characteristics and the risk of alcohol dependence across different employment types and occupations, including the pattern of alcohol consumption in the form of energy drinks and its association with alcohol dependence. Methods: A total of 13,501 men and 8584 women participated in a national survey in Taiwan. Alcohol dependence was defined as ≥2 points in the CAGE questionnaire. A self-administered questionnaire recorded drinking behaviors, consumption of alcoholic energy drinks, employment type, occupation and a number of psychosocial work stressors, namely job demands, job control, employment security and workplace justice. Results: Of the total, 9.4% of men and 0.8% of women were CAGE-positive, and 6.0% of men and 0.7% of women regularly consumed alcoholic energy drinks. In male and female regular consumers of alcoholic energy drinks, 38.7 and 23.3%, respectively, were alcohol-dependent. Multivariate regression analyses showed that male employees in manual skilled occupations, with lower workplace justice, having weekly working hours <40 h and on piece-rated or time-based pay systems were at higher risks of alcohol dependence. Conclusion: Certain occupational groups and workers with adverse psychosocial work characteristics should be targets for prevention of alcohol dependence. Alcoholic energy drink consumption should be taken into consideration while studying alcohol dependence in the work population in Taiwan.
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