Do health professionals’ attitudes towards alcohol use matter for alcohol prevention efforts? Results from the WIRUS-OHS study

Table 3 Relationships between sample characteristics and attitudes towards increased alcohol prevention activities in the OHS

Characteristic	Primary prevention		Secondary prevention		Tertiary prevention
	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted
	OR^a (95%CI)^b	OR^a (95%CI)^b	OR^a (95%CI)^b	OR^a (95%CI)^b	OR^a (95%CI)^b	OR^a (95%CI)^b
One-year increase in age	1.00 (0.98–1.02)	-	1.00 (0.97–1.02)	-	0.99 (0.97–1.01)	-
Female gender	1.73 (0.98–3.07)	1.82* (1.01–3.28)	1.11 (0.64–1.94)	-	1.12 (0.65–1.93)	-
One-year increase in OHS experience	1.02 (0.99–1.04)	1.02 (1.00–1.05)	1.00 (0.97–1.02)	-	0.98 (0.96–1.01)	-
Professional group^c	1.40 (0.90–2.18)	1.29 (0.82–2.03)	1.45 (0.92–2.29)	1.45 (0.92–2.29)	1.05 (0.68–1.63)	-
One-point increase in DNS score	0.72 (0.41–1.25)	-	0.72 (0.40–1.28)	-	0.62 (0.35–1.08)	0.62 (0.35–1.08)
Nagelkerke R²		3.3%*		1.1%		1.2%

^a Odds ratio from logistic regression
^b 95% confidence intervals
^c the reference category includes occupational therapist, occupational hygienist, nutritionist, physiotherapist, and ‘other’, while the second category includes physician, psychologist, and nurse
^*p < 0.05

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