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Table 4 Checking Alcohol Use in Various Support Activities of Occupational Health Care

From: Occupational health care personnel tackling alcohol overuse – an observational study of work processes and patient characteristics

Support activity

Realized activity

N

Checked alcohol use

%

95% CI

%

p-value

Not realized activity

N

Checked alcohol use

%

95% CI

%

p-value

Making an individual health promotion plan (N = 1055)

415

64.1 (N = 266)

59.5–68.7

< 0.0001

640

36.9 (N = 172)

33.1–40.6

Reference

Checking the possibility of partial sick leave (N = 251)

210

30.5 (N = 64)

24.3–36.7

0.011

41

51.2 (N = 21)

35.9–66.5

Reference

Tripartitea negotiation performed (N = 175)

88

28.4 (N = 25)

19.0–37.8

0.705

87

31.0 (N = 27)

21.3–40.8

Reference

Assessing the need for rehabilitation (N = 496)

438

36.5 (N = 160)

32.0–41.0

0.140

58

46.6 (N = 27)

33.4–59.7

Reference

Return-to-work activity started (N = 175)

133

25.6 (N = 34)

18.2–33.0

0.034

42

42.9 (N = 18)

27.9–57.8

Reference

  1. Data from the Health Check-up – Quality Measurement 2013–2019 (N = 1092). Patients attended the health check-up due to sick leave or they were working despite permanent work disability or they were at risk of needing sick leave. The health check-up led to various support activities of occupational health care. The impact of these support activities on checking the alcohol use was analysed
  2. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
  3. aTripartite = employee, employer, and occupational health care provider