AIMS: To test an interactional model on the associations between work stressors, perceived stress, @entity167 consumption and sickness absence. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: The study was part of a Worksite Health Project including an Employee Assistance Programme and a Health Promotion Programme in the Netherlands. @entity1 : @entity1 were blue-collar workers from two Municipal Garbage Collecting Departments and white-collar workers from a Pharmaceutical Company (N = 471). MEASUREMENTS: Measurements included socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, education, marital status), work stressors, perceived stress, @entity167 consumption and sickness absence. Type of work-site (blue- or white-collar) and smoking behaviour were used as covariates. FINDINGS: Regression analyses resulted in three major findings. First, in the presence of stress, abstinence increased the risk of sickness absence compared with moderate @entity457 . We failed to find a significant relationship between excessive @entity457 and sickness absence. Secondly, stress mediated the associations between stressor and @entity167 consumption, and between stressor and sickness absence, although stressors also directly predicted sickness absence. CONCLUSIONS: The association between abstinence and sickness absence could reflect medical problems of abstainers or a lack of skills for coping with stress. The failure to find a significant detrimental effect of excessive @entity457 may have been due to use of a low threshold for excessive @entity457 and/or low power. Prospective studies are needed to gain insight in causal relationships between the variables concerned.

Associations between work stress, XXXX consumption and sickness absence.

@entity167 :: ('CHEBI:16236', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['PARTICIPANTS', 'Participants'] @entity457 :: ('MESH:D063425', 'Disease') :: ['drinking']
@entity167 :: (CHEBI:16236,Chemical) :: ['alcohol']
