Citation

Fonseca del Pozo FJ, Pérula de Torres LA, Martínez de la Iglesia J. Aten. Primaria 1993; 11(8): 393-4, 396, 398-9.

Vernacular Title

Deteccion de alcoholismo en una poblacion general a traves de la aplicacion del

Affiliation

Centro de Salud Occidente, Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Publisher Elsevier España)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8494959

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify people with alcohol-related problems and assess the variable socio-demographic indicators of the population under study. DESIGN: Crossover and observational study. SETTING: The "Occidente" Basic Health Area in Córdoba. PARTICIPANTS: A representative sample of those people over 15 registered in the Health Area mentioned above. (Systematic random sampling: n = 384). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: 72% of those interviewed stated that they had consumed some kind of alcoholic drink during the previous year. 35% did so at least once a week. 6.2% +/- 2.35 showed positive on the CAGE Test, most of these being: male (p < 0.001), living in a deprived area (p < 0.01), people in work (p < 0.001) and smokers (p < 0.001). Those testing CAGE (+) included a higher number of people with: hepatitis, cirrhosis, diarrhea and gastritis, although their use of health services was no different from that of the population as a whole. Logistic regression analysis enabled us to establish variable indicators of the CAGE Test (+). CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol-related problems were identified basically in a typical population group. It is important to set up intervention mechanisms to tackle the problem.

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