Women's alcohol consumption in a Primary Health Care service.

Talita Dutra Ponce,Divane De Vargas,Andressa Pelissoli Picciano

doi:10.1590/1980-220x-reeusp-2020-0458

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To identify alcohol consumption patterns in people cared by a Primary Health Care service and verify the association between the patterns and the variables of the sample. Our observational study used both the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test instrument and a questionnaire with socio-demographic, clinical, and behavioral questions for data collection. We carried out the descriptive and univariate analysis with Kendall and Kruskal-Wallis correlation tests. We introduced variables with p ≤ 0.2 values in the multiple logistic regression - Mann-Whitney test. The sample of the study was constituted by 561 women. The analysis results indicated relevant influence for higher patterns of consumption: not having a partner, not having a religion, smoking and drug habits, and having arterial hypertension. Besides that, within each additional year in women's age, the alcohol consumption decreases. We endorsed data that female alcohol consumption is presenting a tendency to increase especially among younger women, this information is essential for the promotion of Primary Health Care.

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The XX century was marked by scientific, technological, educational, and social changes
In a Brazilian survey[21], religion was indicated as a factor of protection for the improper use of substances among the youngest, and in this study, we identified that protestants presented a decrease even higher in the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) when compared with other religions
Women that have smoking habits presented an average increase of 135% in the AUDIT score when compared to the non-smokers; among the drug users, we observed an average increase of 122% in the score of the questionnaire when compared to individuals that do not use such substances

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The XX century was marked by scientific, technological, educational, and social changes. Such changes have caused the redefinition of their social role, which allowed a shift from their status as wife and mother to workers, increasing the social burden imposed on them[1]. The “female freedom” has progressed and brought with it a higher exposure of women to the risk of consuming alcoholic drinks and drugs in general[1]

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