A study of drinking habits in an office employees

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to understand drinking awareness, drinking experiences, problem drinking, the money paid annually for drinks by employees at a single company and provide basic data for the development of moderate drinking program customized for them. Methods: It was carried out with 1,838 male and female employees working at a single company in several regions in December 2012, and excluding 12 persons with a data error, subjects in the final analysis were 1,826 persons. For a statistical analysis, the SPSS 19.0 was used. Results: General characteristics of the subjects included questions asking their sex, age, position and monthly income. 194 persons (10.6%) experienced drunk driving at least once in their drinking experiences. The ratio of problem drinkers (over 13) through AUDIT-K was 495 persons (27.1%), and the ratio of those with alcohol abuse and dependence was 76 persons (4.2%). Conclusion: Through the above results, it was found that as specific solutions to the employees’ problematic alcohol abuse, improvement of their awareness of drinking culture and a project of improvement of drinking for them are necessary, and it is urgently necessary to develop an ongoing education program to detect and manage problem drinkers and those with alcohol abuse and dependence at the worksite.