Ką apie alkoholio vartojimo kultūrą atskleidžia darbuotojų blaivumo patikros rezultatai Lietuvos įmonėse?
Drinking Culture and Results of Workplace Alcohol Testing in Lithuanian Companies

Summary/Abstract: Alcohol consumption and alcohol related mortality rates are among the highest in Lithuania compared to other EU countries. Many epidemiological researches have been conducted in the field of alcohol related problems in Lithuania, however, this is the first study based on unique alcohol testing in the workplace database. Overall 2 626 903 alcohol workplace tests were analyzed. Routine and random alcohol at a workplace tests were conducted during the period of January 1– December 31, 2018 in different business companies in Lithuania. The results of descriptive statistical analysis show that 0.32% of all alcohol workplace tests were positive. The average blood alcohol concentration was 0.41 per mille among positive test results. Majority of positive tests (64.46%) did not exceeded 0.4 per mille – blood alcohol concentration at a workplace limit in Lithuania. The results of frequency analysis demonstrated that positive test frequency was statistically significantly higher in July (0.48%) and August (0.44%) compared to the annual average (0.32%). Frequancy analysis by weekdays results showed that positive test frequency was highest on Mondays (0.42%). Thus, positive test prevalence was higher in summer months, after weekends and national holidays. The results of our research highlighed hangover at a workplace problem related to drinking culture in Lithuania. Furthermore, routine alcohol testing system at a workplace may prevent loses of productivity and workplace accidents. Keywords: alcohol control, blood alcohol concentration, drinking culture, harmful alcohol use, workplace alcohol testing.

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