A cross-sectional study of alcohol drinking and health-related quality of life among male workers in Japan. Export

@article{citeulike:572235, abstract = {BACKGROUND: Although light and moderate alcohol drinkers are likely to have better subjective health, the sub-scales for subjective health have not been well documented. METHODS: We studied 4,521 male workers aged 25 yr and older with no history of cancer or cardiovascular disease, in 12 occupational groups in Japan. Data were from the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion Study (HIPOP-OHP). Drinking status was classified according to daily alcohol intake or frequency of drinking. We assessed the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) based on scores for five scales of the SF-36. RESULTS: Decreased odds ratios of sub-optimal HRQOL conditions, defined as less than the median SF-36 scores, for Role-Physical and General Health were found among persons who consumed 1.0 to 22.9 g/d of alcohol. Odds ratios for sub-optimal Vitality conditions were lowered according to increased levels of alcohol intake. Role-Emotional scores were not associated with alcohol drinking. People who drank 5 to 6 d/wk had higher levels of Role-Physical and Vitality, and those who drank 1 to 2 d/wk had better Vitality and Mental Health scores than non-drinkers. When adjusted for age, marital status, working hours, physical activity at work, self-reported job stress, smoking, regular exercise, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, the associations were almost unchanged except for General Health. CONCLUSIONS: Associations of drinking patterns with subjective health varied in five sub-scales of the SF-36. Overall, alcohol drinkers rated their health as good in comparison with non-drinkers.}, address = {Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University. saitoi@naramed-u.ac.jp}, author = {Saito, I. and Okamura, T. and Fukuhara, S. and Tanaka, T. and Suzukamo, Y. and Okayama, A. and Ueshima, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {572235}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16369112}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16369112}, issn = {1341-9145}, journal = {J Occup Health}, keywords = {alcohol, health, japan}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {496--503}, posted-at = {2006-04-01 00:12:31}, priority = {2}, title = {A cross-sectional study of alcohol drinking and health-related quality of life among male workers in Japan.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16369112}, volume = {47}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:572235 L3 - citeulike-article-id:572235 N2 - BACKGROUND: Although light and moderate alcohol drinkers are likely to have better subjective health, the sub-scales for subjective health have not been well documented. METHODS: We studied 4,521 male workers aged 25 yr and older with no history of cancer or cardiovascular disease, in 12 occupational groups in Japan. Data were from the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion Study (HIPOP-OHP). Drinking status was classified according to daily alcohol intake or frequency of drinking. We assessed the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) based on scores for five scales of the SF-36. RESULTS: Decreased odds ratios of sub-optimal HRQOL conditions, defined as less than the median SF-36 scores, for Role-Physical and General Health were found among persons who consumed 1.0 to 22.9 g/d of alcohol. Odds ratios for sub-optimal Vitality conditions were lowered according to increased levels of alcohol intake. Role-Emotional scores were not associated with alcohol drinking. People who drank 5 to 6 d/wk had higher levels of Role-Physical and Vitality, and those who drank 1 to 2 d/wk had better Vitality and Mental Health scores than non-drinkers. When adjusted for age, marital status, working hours, physical activity at work, self-reported job stress, smoking, regular exercise, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, the associations were almost unchanged except for General Health. CONCLUSIONS: Associations of drinking patterns with subjective health varied in five sub-scales of the SF-36. Overall, alcohol drinkers rated their health as good in comparison with non-drinkers. IS - 6 JF - J Occup Health SN - 1341-9145 AD - Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University. saitoi@naramed-u.ac.jp EP - 503 TI - A cross-sectional study of alcohol drinking and health-related quality of life among male workers in Japan. VL - 47 SP - 496 KW - alcohol KW - health KW - japan AU - Saito, I AU - Okamura, T AU - Fukuhara, S AU - Tanaka, T AU - Suzukamo, Y AU - Okayama, A AU - Ueshima, H PY - 2005/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16369112 ER -