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Job strain and alcohol intake: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 140,000 men and women

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Heikkilä, Katriina Nyberg, Solja T. Fransson, Eleonor I. Alfredsson, Lars Casini, Annalisa [UCL]

Background The relationship between work-related stress and alcohol intake is uncertain. In order to add to the thus far inconsistent evidence from relatively small studies, we conducted individual-participant meta-analyses of the association between work-related stress (operationalised as self-reported job strain) and alcohol intake. Methodology and Principal Findings We analysed cross-sectional data from 12 European studies (n = 142 140) and longitudinal data from four studies (n = 48 646). Job strain and alcohol intake were self-reported. Job strain was analysed as a binary variable (strain vs. no strain). Alcohol intake was harmonised into the following categories: none, moderate (women: 1–14, men: 1–21 drinks/week), intermediate (women: 15–20, men: 22–27 drinks/week) and heavy (women: >20, men: >27 drinks/week). Cross-sectional associations were modelled using logistic regression and the results pooled in random effects meta-analyses. Longitudinal associations were examined using mixed effects logistic and modified Poisson regression. Compared to moderate drinkers, non-drinkers and (random effects odds ratio (OR): 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.14) and heavy drinkers (OR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.26) had higher odds of job strain. Intermediate drinkers, on the other hand, had lower odds of job strain (OR: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.86, 0.99). We found no clear evidence for longitudinal associations between job strain and alcohol intake. Conclusions Our findings suggest that compared to moderate drinkers, non-drinkers and heavy drinkers are more likely and intermediate drinkers less likely to report work-related stress.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2012
Language Anglais
Journal information "PLoS One" - Vol. 7, no.7, p. e40101 (2012)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Public Library of Science
issn 1932-6203
e-issn 1932-6203
Publication status Publié
Affiliations ULB - School of public health
UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
Keywords Sciences sociales ; Sciences humaines ; Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles
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Bibliographic reference Heikkilä, Katriina ; Nyberg, Solja T. ; Fransson, Eleonor I. ; Alfredsson, Lars ; Casini, Annalisa ; et. al. Job strain and alcohol intake: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 140,000 men and women. In: PLoS One, Vol. 7, no.7, p. e40101 (2012)
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