Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (HV) by Subject "WIRUS"
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Are Demanding Job Situations Associated with Alcohol-Related Presenteeism? WIRUS-Screening Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)Alcohol-related presenteeism (impaired work performance caused by alcohol use) is an important but under-researched topic. The aim of this study was to explore whether psychosocial work environment factors were associated ... -
Do Differences in Drinking Attitudes and Alcohol-Related Problems Explain Differences in Sick Leave? A Multilevel Analysis of 95 Work Units Within 14 Companies From the WIRUS Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)Background: Systematic reviews have shown a strong relationship between alcohol consumption and sick leave. The effect of alcohol consumption on sick leave may, however, vary according to the work environment. While attitudes ... -
Do health professionals’ attitudes towards alcohol use matter for alcohol prevention efforts? Results from the WIRUS-OHS study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Use of alcohol is a major public health issue, representing the 7th largest burden of disease in the world. Workplaces offer a unique arena for health initiatives addressing alcohol use, where occupational ... -
Effort-Reward Imbalance Is Associated With Alcohol-Related Problems. WIRUS-Screening Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09)There is ample evidence of associations between a perceived stressful working environment and several health-related outcomes. To better understand potential mechanisms behind these observations some studies have focused ... -
Gender differences in the association between positive drinking attitudes and alcohol-related problems. The WIRUS study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption is deeply integrated in people’s social- and work lives and, thus, constitutes a serious public health challenge. Attitudes toward drinking stand out as important predictors of drinking, but ... -
Six shades of grey: Identifying drinking culture and potentially risky drinking behaviour in the grey zone between work and leisure. The WIRUS culture study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09)Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore drinking culture and drinking situations that employers and employees encounter in the grey zone between work and leisure, and identify what might affect employees’ risky ... -
Sociodemographic characteristics associated with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences, a latent class analysis of The Norwegian WIRUS screening study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background For alcohol, the association with socioeconomic status (SES) is different than for other public health challenges – the associations are complex, and heterogeneous between socioeconomic groups. Specifically, ... -
Who reported having a high-strain job, low strain job, active job and passive job? The WIRUS screening study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12)Objective The Job Demands and Control model classifies job types as active, passive, low-strain or high-strain, based on a combination of job demands and control. While studies have shown high-strain jobs to have adverse ... -
Willingness to participate in alcohol prevention interventions targeting risky drinking employees. The WIRUS project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)Background: The extent to which eligible individuals in a target population are willing to participate in interventions is important when evaluating the efficacy of public health interventions. Objectives: As part of a ...