Women's patterns of everyday occupations and alcohol consumption
Andersson, Christina ; Eklund, Mona LU
; Sundh, Valter
; Thundal, Kajsa-Lena
and Spak, Fredrik
(2012)
In Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
19(3).
p.225-238
- Abstract
- Earlier studies on women's health and drinking and the contemporary associated risk factors have highlighted the need for more complex approaches in understanding the pathways into women's problem drinking. Research, from both social science and from occupational therapy models, has underlined the importance of deconstructing the often dichotomized way of investigating women's daily lives (such as in paid and unpaid work or in work and leisure) when discussing factors from the daily life environment and their impact on health issues. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between women's patterns of everyday occupation and alcohol consumption using the broader concept of occupation from occupational therapy models. This was... (More)
- Earlier studies on women's health and drinking and the contemporary associated risk factors have highlighted the need for more complex approaches in understanding the pathways into women's problem drinking. Research, from both social science and from occupational therapy models, has underlined the importance of deconstructing the often dichotomized way of investigating women's daily lives (such as in paid and unpaid work or in work and leisure) when discussing factors from the daily life environment and their impact on health issues. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between women's patterns of everyday occupation and alcohol consumption using the broader concept of occupation from occupational therapy models. This was a cross-sectional study from the latest wave (2000) of a population-based project, Women and Alcohol in Gothenburg (WAG). The study group consisted of 851 women, aged 20-55 years. Using an individually oriented method, two-step clustering, three distinct patterns of everyday occupations were identified. Significant associations with problematic alcohol consumption were found in the clusters, characterized by lower engagement in leisure activities and a larger amount of spare time. The need for new preventive approaches, including investigating the importance of having engaging leisure activities, is discussed. (Less)
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; Eklund, Mona
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; Sundh, Valter
; Thundal, Kajsa-Lena
and Spak, Fredrik
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- 2012
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- keywords
- cluster analyses, population-based study, problematic alcohol, consumption, self-reported satisfaction, sociodemographic factors
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- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- volume
- 19
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 225 - 238
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- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:84860142804
- pmid:21091124
- ISSN
- 1651-2014
- DOI
- 10.3109/11038128.2010.527013
- language
- English
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