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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022;73(2):517-526.
doi: 10.3233/WOR-210943.

Evaluation of a workplace alcohol prevention program targeted on managers' inclination to initiate early alcohol intervention

Devy L Elling  1 , Ylva B Almquist  1 , Peter Wennberg  1   2 , Kristina Sundqvist  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of a workplace alcohol prevention program targeted on managers' inclination to initiate early alcohol intervention

Devy L Elling et al. Work. 2022.

Abstract

Background: Alcohol interventions targeting the adult population are often conducted in healthcare settings, while preventive interventions often target adolescents or young adults. The general working population is often overlooked. A workplace-based intervention, consisting of development and implementation of an organizational alcohol policy, and skills development training for managers (APMaT) was carried out in order to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harms by identifying hazardous consumers at an early stage.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate APMaT by focusing on managers' inclination to initiate early alcohol intervention.

Methods: In a cluster randomized design, data were obtained from 187 managers (control: n = 70; intervention: n = 117). Inclination to initiate early alcohol intervention was measured using three items on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Changes in managers' inclination to intervene were analyzed by applying multilevel ordered logistic regression. Predictors included in the model were group (control vs. intervention), time (baseline vs. 12-month follow-up), and the multiplicative interaction term (group×time).

Results: Significant increase in inclination to intervene against hazardous alcohol consumption among managers in the intervention group compared to managers in the control group was observed. Specifically, a 50% increase of confidence to initiate an intervention was observed among managers in the intervention group.

Conclusions: APMaT seems effective to increase managers' inclination to intervene early against hazardous consumption in the workplace. The effectiveness of APMaT at the employee level should be explored in prospective studies.

Keywords: APMaT; Workplace interventions; alcohol prevention; hazardous alcohol consumption; inclination to intervene.

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Conflict of interest statement

K.S. is employed part-time at Alna. The other authors have no conflict of interes to report.

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Mechanism of APMaT on managers’ inclination to initiate early alcohol intervention.
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Schematic overview of organizations and participants from recruitment to 12-month follow-up in the cluster randomized controlled study.
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