IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0186503.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The influence of alcohol consumption on sickness presenteeism and impaired daily activities. The WIRUS screening study

Author

Listed:
  • Randi Wågø Aas
  • Lise Haveraaen
  • Hildegunn Sagvaag
  • Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen

Abstract

Background: Alcohol use is a global health issue and may influence activity performance in a variety of domains, including the occupational and domestic spheres. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of annual drinking frequency and binge drinking (≥6 units at one occasion) on activity impairments both at work (sickness presenteeism) and outside the workplace. Methods: Employees (n = 3278), recruited from 14 Norwegian private and public companies, responded to a questionnaire containing questions from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Workplace Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire (WPAI). Results: Multiple hierarchical regression analyses revealed that binge drinking was associated with both sickness presenteeism and impaired daily activities, even after controlling for gender, age, educational level, living status and employment sector. Annual drinking frequency was associated with impaired daily activities, but not sickness presenteeism. Conclusions: Binge drinking seems to have a stronger influence on activity performance both at work and outside the workplace than drinking frequency. Interventions targeting alcohol consumption should benefit from focusing on binge drinking behavior.

Suggested Citation

  • Randi Wågø Aas & Lise Haveraaen & Hildegunn Sagvaag & Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen, 2017. "The influence of alcohol consumption on sickness presenteeism and impaired daily activities. The WIRUS screening study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(10), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0186503
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186503
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0186503
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0186503&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0186503?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Hansen, Claus D. & Andersen, Johan H., 2008. "Going ill to work - What personal circumstances, attitudes and work-related factors are associated with sickness presenteeism?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(6), pages 956-964, September.
    2. Russell, M. & Cooper, M.L. & Frone, M.R. & Welte, J.W., 1991. "Alcohol drinking patterns and blood pressure," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 81(4), pages 452-457.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Abd Alghani Khamis & Siti Zuliana Salleh & Mohd Sayuti Ab Karim & Noor Ashikin Mohd Rom & Shamini Janasekaran & Aida Idris & Rusdi Bin Abd Rashid, 2022. "Alcohol Consumption Patterns: A Systematic Review of Demographic and Sociocultural Influencing Factors," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-17, July.
    2. Tore Bonsaksen & Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen & Jens Christoffer Skogen & Randi Wågø Aas, 2019. "Who reported having a high-strain job, low-strain job, active job and passive job? The WIRUS Screening study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(12), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Tore Bonsaksen & Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen & Jens Christoffer Skogen & Morten Hesse & Randi Wågø Aas, 2021. "Are Demanding Job Situations Associated with Alcohol-Related Presenteeism? The WIRUS-Screening Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-14, June.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Laia Ollé-Espluga & Johanna Muckenhuber & Markus Hadler, 2021. "The ‘economy for the common good’, job quality and workers’ well-being in Austria and Germany," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 32(1), pages 3-21, March.
    2. Petri Böckerman & Erkki Laukkanen, 2008. "What makes you work while you are sick? Evidence from a survey of union member," Working Papers 244, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE.
    3. Klas Gustafsson & Staffan Marklund & Constanze Leineweber & Gunnar Bergström & Emmanuel Aboagye & Magnus Helgesson, 2020. "Presenteeism, Psychosocial Working Conditions and Work Ability among Care Workers—A Cross-Sectional Swedish Population-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-12, April.
    4. Boris HirschBy & Daniel S. J. Lechmann & Claus Schnabel, 2017. "Coming to work while sick: an economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 69(4), pages 1010-1031.
    5. Fiona Cocker & Angela Martin & Jenn Scott & Alison Venn & Kristy Sanderson, 2013. "Psychological Distress, Related Work Attendance, and Productivity Loss in Small-to-Medium Enterprise Owner/Managers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-21, October.
    6. Richard, Sébastien & Skagen, Kristian & Pedersen, Kjeld Møller & Huver, Benjamin, 2017. "Assessing the Propensity for Presenteeism with Sickness Absence Data," DaCHE discussion papers 2017:1, University of Southern Denmark, Dache - Danish Centre for Health Economics.
    7. Bubonya, Melisa & Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. & Wooden, Mark, 2017. "Mental health and productivity at work: Does what you do matter?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 150-165.
    8. Gürtzgen, Nicole & Hiesinger, Karolin, 2020. "Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence: First evidence from Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 20-040, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    9. Marina Taloyan & Gunnar Aronsson & Constanze Leineweber & Linda Magnusson Hanson & Kristina Alexanderson & Hugo Westerlund, 2012. "Sickness Presenteeism Predicts Suboptimal Self-Rated Health and Sickness Absence: A Nationally Representative Study of the Swedish Working Population," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(9), pages 1-8, September.
    10. Alenka Skerjanc & Metoda Dodic Fikfak, 2020. "Sickness Presence among Health Care Professionals: A Cross Sectional Study of Health Care Professionals in Slovenia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-13, January.
    11. Stefan Pichler & Nicolas R. Ziebarth, 2020. "Labor Market Effects of U.S. Sick Pay Mandates," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 55(2), pages 611-659.
    12. Thomas Leoni & René Böheim, 2018. "Fehlzeitenreport 2018. Krankheits- und unfallbedingte Fehlzeiten in Österreich – Präsentismus und Absentismus," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 61487, February.
    13. Mark L. Bryan & Andrew M. Bryce & Jennifer Roberts, 2022. "Dysfunctional presenteeism: Effects of physical and mental health on work performance," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 90(4), pages 409-438, July.
    14. Folke, Filippa & Melin, Marika, 2022. "Selecting flight mode – Risk factors associated with presenteeism among commercial pilots and the role of depressive symptoms," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    15. Jianwei Deng & Zhennan Wu & Tianan Yang & Yunfei Cao & Zhenjiao Chen, 2020. "Effect of Work Environment on Presenteeism among Aging American Workers: The Moderated Mediating Effect of Cynical Hostility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-14, July.
    16. Arnold, Daniel Timo & de Pinto, Marco, 2015. "Sickness absence, presenteeism and work-related characteristics," VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 113118, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    17. Joachim Gerich & Martina Beham-Rabanser, 2024. "Effects of Parental Workplace Discrimination on Sickness Presenteeism," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-18, January.
    18. Eunchul Seo & Hanbeom Kim & YoungKyun Sim & Min-Seong Ha & Uk Kim & HyunRyun Kim, 2022. "Burnout, Presenteeism and Workplace Conditions of Korean Taekwondo Coaches of High-Performance Athletes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-12, May.
    19. Karanika-Murray, Maria & Pontes, Halley M. & Griffiths, Mark D. & Biron, Caroline, 2015. "Sickness presenteeism determines job satisfaction via affective-motivational states," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 100-106.
    20. Marvin Reuter & Morten Wahrendorf & Cristina Di Tecco & Tahira M. Probst & Sascha Ruhle & Valerio Ghezzi & Claudio Barbaranelli & Sergio Iavicoli & Nico Dragano, 2019. "Do Temporary Workers More Often Decide to Work While Sick? Evidence for the Link between Employment Contract and Presenteeism in Europe," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-17, May.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0186503. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.