Table 4.
Binary logistic regression of those military operational characteristics associated with problem drinking
| Characteristic | Characteristic total n (%) |
Alcohol no case n (%) |
Alcohol case n (%) |
OR (95% CI) | AOR* (95% CI) | AOR† (95% CI) | AOR‡ (95% CI) | AOR§ (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of work: ships <300 personnel | 379 (27.3) | 288 (76.0) | 91 (24.0) | 1.79 (1.34 to 2.40) | 1.81 (1.33 to 2.48) | 1.76 (1.11 to 2.79) | 1.97 (1.43 to 2.71) | 1.78 (1.05 to 3.03) |
| Place of work: ships >300 personnel | 1008 (72.7) | 857 (85.0) | 151 (15.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Routine deployment | 225 (16.2) | 167 (74.2) | 58 (25.8) | 1.85 (1.32 to 2.59) | 1.92 (1.35 to 2.73) | 1.08 (0.64 to 1.21) | 2.18 (1.50 to 3.16) | 1.29 (0.71 to 2.34) |
| Planned exercise | 1162 (83.8) | 978 (84.2) | 184 (15.8) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
*Adjusted for sociodemographic factors (rank, service, service length and age).
†Adjusted for operational factors (home front problems, exposure to potentially traumatic events, type of deployment, place of work, preoperational stress brief and land deployment).
‡Adjusted for leadership, morale and cohesion.
§Adjusted for all. AOR, adjusted odds ratio.