Employment status and alcohol-attributable mortality risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Being unemployed has been linked to various health burdens. In particular, there appears to be an association between unemployment and alcohol-attributable deaths. However, risk estimates presented in a previous review were based on only two studies. Thus, we estimated updated sex-stratified alcohol...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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15 June 2022
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 19, Heft: 12, Pages: 1-10 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19127354 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127354 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/12/7354 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Celine Saul, Shannon Lange and Charlotte Probst |
| Zusammenfassung: | Being unemployed has been linked to various health burdens. In particular, there appears to be an association between unemployment and alcohol-attributable deaths. However, risk estimates presented in a previous review were based on only two studies. Thus, we estimated updated sex-stratified alcohol-attributable mortality risks for unemployed compared with employed individuals. A systematic literature search was conducted in August 2020 using the following databases: Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. The relative risk (RR) of dying from an alcohol-attributable cause of death for unemployed compared with employed individuals was summarized using sex-stratified random-effects DerSimonian-Laird meta-analyses. A total of 10 studies were identified, comprising about 14.4 million women and 19.0 million men, among whom there were about 3147 and 17,815 alcohol-attributable deaths, respectively. The pooled RRs were 3.64 (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.04-6.66) and 4.93 (95% CI 3.45-7.05) for women and men, respectively. The findings of our quantitative synthesis provide evidence that being unemployed is associated with an over three-fold higher risk of alcohol-attributable mortality compared with being employed. Consequently, a global public health strategy connecting brief interventions and specialized care with social services assisting those currently unemployed is needed. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 18.08.2022 This article belongs to the special issue "Social determinants of alcohol use and its consequences" |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19127354 |