[Patterns of alcohol consumption and associated factors among adult users of primary health care services of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

Abstract

This study sought to verify the patterns of alcohol consumption and associated factors among adult users of a primary health care service in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A household survey with a sample of 301 individuals who responded to a collection instrument containing the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and social, demographic and health variables was conducted. Logistic regression was used to assess the association between the pattern of problematic alcohol consumption and the independent variables. Patterns of problematic alcohol consumption were identified among males, black, unmarried, smokers, with no religious affiliation, and persons without chronic disease attended at the health unit. Health services should therefore be prepared to identify the early stages of problematic alcohol abuse in order to prevent social and health consequences in the population, especially those attended in primary health care, for which the promotion of health and prevention of disease are priority health concerns.