Long working hours and alcohol use: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the association between long working hours and alcohol use.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data.

Data sources

A systematic search of PubMed and Embase databases in April 2014 for published studies, supplemented with manual searches. Unpublished individual participant data were obtained from 27 additional studies.

Review methods

The search strategy was designed to retrieve cross sectional and prospective studies of the association between long working hours and alcohol use. Summary estimates were obtained with random effects meta-analysis. Sources of heterogeneity were examined with meta-regression.

Results

Cross sectional analysis was based on 61 studies represe

SUBMITTER: Virtanen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293546 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature