Problem drinking led to more than 232 million missed work days a year in the United States before the pandemic, and the situation likely became worse with more people working at home, a new study suggests.
“The problem likely has worsened during the pandemic, and we need to try to do more to ensure that people can get the help they need to deal withBierut said employers and policymakers have an economic incentive to address the issue.
For the new study, her team analyzed data from more than 110,000 U.S. adults with full-time jobs who participated in a national survey on drug use and health from 2015 to 2019. Just over 9% — equal to nearly 11 million full-time workers nationwide -- met the criteria for alcohol use disorder, defined as the inability to stop or control drinking despite the harm to social life, work life or health.
Although people with alcohol use disorder represented about 9.3% of study participants, they accounted for 14.1% of total workplace absences. People with severe alcohol use disorder reported missing 32 days of work each year because of illness, injury or simply skipping work, compared with almost 18 days for those with mild alcohol use disorder and about 13 days for those without the disorder.
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