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1972/2012 - Patterns of alcohol consuption of users of services in primary health care in a brazilian city
Padrões de consumo de álcool de usuários de serviços de atenção primária à saúde de um município brasileiro

Author:

• Divane de Vargas - Vargas, D. - Universidade de São Paulo - <vargas@usp.br>

Co-author(s):

• Marina Nolli Bittencourt - Bittencourt, M.N. - São Paulo, SP - Universidade de São Paulo - <marinanolli@unifap.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1660-3418
• Lúcia Pereira Barroso - Barroso, L.P - Universidade de São Paulo - <lbarroso@ime.usp.br.>

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

The objective was to identify the pattern of consumption of alcohol in service users of primary health care in the city of Bebedouro-SP, checking the association between use patterns and demographic and behavioral variables of the sample. It is a cross-sectional study involving 755 subjects over 18 years who sought primary health care services in the city of Bebedouro-SP. To investigate patterns of alcohol use, we used the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test). In the statistical analysis we used the chi-square and binary logistic regression. The results showed that 78% of users were abstinent or low risk users, 22% were problematic use of alcohol, 10% of hazardous use, harmful use 2% and 10% probable dependency. The greatest predictors of risk for use were male gender (OR = 2.36), income> than 6 minimum wages (OR = 4.88) and smoking (OR = 3.38); dependency for the most important predictors were: males (OR = 5.25), working in trade (OR = 8.71) and smoking (OR = 7.16). A significant proportion of users showed patterns of problematic use of alcohol, which reinforces the need for preventive actions, primarily because the services are primary health care is an excellent opportunity to combine opportunities for screening and use strategies for reducing losses related to the problematic use of alcohol.

Keywords:

Alcoholism Mass Screening Primary Health Care Substance-Related Disorders

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Vargas, D., Bittencourt, M.N., Barroso, L.P. Patterns of alcohol consuption of users of services in primary health care in a brazilian city. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Oct). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/patterns-of-alcohol-consuption-of-users-of-services-in-primary-health-care-in-a-brazilian-city/11613?id=11613



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