Effects on cigarette consumption of a work–family supportive organisational intervention: 6-month results from the work, family and health network study

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• Alternative Title:
  J Epidemiol Community Health
• Personal Author:
  Hurtado, David A ; Okechukwu, Cassandra A ; Buxton, Orfeu M ; Hammer, Leslie ; Hanson, Ginger C ; Moen, Phyllis ; Klein, Laura C ; Berkman, Lisa F
• Description:
  Background
  
  Observational studies have linked work–family issues with cigarette consumption. This study examined the 6-month effects on cigarette consumption of a work–family supportive organisational intervention among nursing home workers.
  
  Methods
  
  Group randomised controlled trial where 30 nursing homes across New England states were randomly assigned to either usual practice or to a 4-month intervention aimed at reducing work–family conflict via increased schedule control and family supportive supervisory behaviours (FSSB). Cigarette consumption was based on self-reported number of cigarettes per week, measured at the individual level.
  
  Results
  
  A total of 1524 direct-care workers were enrolled in the trial. Cigarette consumption was prevalent in 30% of the sample, consuming an average of 77 cigarettes/week. Smokers at intervention sites reduced cigarette consumption by 7.12 cigarettes, while no reduction was observed among smokers at usual practice sites (b=−7.12, 95% CI −13.83 to −0.40, p<0.05) (d=−0.15). The majority of smokers were US-born White nursing assistants, and among this subgroup, the reduction in cigarette consumption was stronger (b=−12.77, 95% CI −22.31 to −3.22, p<0.05) (d=−0.27). Although the intervention prevented a decline in FSSB (d=0.08), effects on cigarette consumption were not mediated by FSSB.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Cigarette consumption was reduced among smokers at organisations where a work–family supportive intervention was implemented. This effect, however, was not explained by specific targets of the intervention, but other psychosocial pathways related to the work–family interface.
  
  
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• Source:
  J Epidemiol Community Health. 70(12):1155-1161
• Pubmed ID:
  27225680
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8919500
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 OH008788/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R03 AG046393/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD059773/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065853
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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