Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 17 Xu-Zhou Rd., Taipei, Taiwan.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2012 Jul-Aug;47(4):372-9. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/ags034. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
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.
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.
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.
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.
探讨不同职业类型和职业中工作特征与酒精依赖风险之间的关系，包括能量饮料的饮酒模式及其与酒精依赖的关系。
共有 13501 名男性和 8584 名女性参与了台湾的一项全国性调查。酒精依赖的定义为 CAGE 问卷得分为≥2 分。一份自我管理的问卷记录了饮酒行为、酒精能量饮料的消费、职业类型、职业和一些心理社会工作压力源，即工作需求、工作控制、就业保障和工作场所公平。
在总人群中，9.4%的男性和 0.8%的女性 CAGE 阳性，6.0%的男性和 0.7%的女性定期饮用酒精能量饮料。在男性和女性的酒精能量饮料定期消费者中，分别有 38.7%和 23.3%的人酒精依赖。多变量回归分析显示，从事体力技术职业、工作场所公平程度较低、每周工作时间<40 小时、实行计件或计时工资制度的男性员工，患酒精依赖的风险更高。
某些职业群体和具有不利心理社会工作特征的工人应成为预防酒精依赖的目标。在研究台湾工作人群中的酒精依赖时，应考虑酒精能量饮料的消费。
