Prevalencia de consumo riesgoso y dañino de alcohol en derechohabientes del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Objective. To estimate the prevalence of hazardous andharmful alcohol consumption among the insured populationof Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican SocialSecurity Institute, IMSS). Material and Methods. A crosssectionalsurvey was conducted in 45,117 insured subjectsfrom Mexicos 36 politi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-IMSS |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:10644205 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10644205 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Salud AUDIT Mexico Key words: alcoholism harmful alcohol consumption hazardous alcohol consumption |
| Sumario: | Objective. To estimate the prevalence of hazardous andharmful alcohol consumption among the insured populationof Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican SocialSecurity Institute, IMSS). Material and Methods. A crosssectionalsurvey was conducted in 45,117 insured subjectsfrom Mexicos 36 political districts; study subjects wereinterviewed using a structured and self-applied questionnaireon alcohol consumption, using the ten-item screeninginstrument AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder IdentificationTest). The first three questions refer to the amount andfrequency of drinking, the following three question to alcoholdependence, and the last four to alcohol-relatedproblems. Each item has three to five options and each isscored progressively from zero to four. The prevalence ofalcohol consumption was estimated with 95% confidenceintervals. Results. The prevalence of problem drinkers(hazardous and harmful) was 12.8% (IC 95% 12.5-13.2); itwas higher in men (22.2%; IC 95% 21.7-22.8) than in women(3.4%; IC 95% 3.1-3.6). An age effect was observed in men,while in women alcohol consumption was morehomogeneous. In both genders consumption was higher inproductive-age groups. Conclusions. The prevalence ofhazardous and harmful alcohol consumption is high in theinsured population of the IMSS in Mexico. There is a needto implement health policies and health programs to diminishthis serious health problem. The English version of this paperis available at: http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html |
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