RT Article
T1 Alcohol Use Disorder Among Textile Workers: Evidence from Ethiopia
JF Journal of drug issues
VO 54
IS 4
SP 560
OP 575
A1 Belete, Habte
A2 Belete, Tilahun
A2 Bacharach, Samuel
A2 Briggs, Kathleen Ann
A2 Bamberger, Peter A.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902694309
AB Little is known about its prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and its work-based etiology among employed adults in developing countries. To address this knowledge gap, we surveyed a total of 423 Ethiopian textile workers (of whom 313 were non-abstaining) assessing AUD. Using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test or “AUDIT” and categorizing an AUD as any AUDIT score of 16 or greater, the prevalence of AUD was estimated at 4.3% among overall participants and 5.8% among non-abstainers. Logistic regression analysis identified younger age, work-related disability, and stress as significantly associated with AUD. Given the link between these potential work-related risk factors and AUD, the findings suggest that alcohol use prevention programs such as peer-led counseling and/or Employment Assistance Programs, along with brief interventions, may be useful in addressing potential AUD risk factors, reducing AUD prevalence and associated sequaelae, and treating workers with AUD in developing countries.
K1 Ethiopia
K1 textile
K1 Prevalence
K1 alcohol use disorder
DO 10.1177/00220426231180123