ASSOCIAÇÃO ENTRE FATORES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS E CONSUMO DE BEBIDA ALCOÓLICA EM MULHERES DE UMA COMUNIDADE RURAL

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the association between sociodemographic factors and alcohol consumption in women at a rural community. A cross-sectional study, of a quantitative/descriptive approach, developed at a rural community located in the municipality of Camaçari. For data collection, a sociodemographic form and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test were applied. Descriptive analyses of the sociodemographic characteristics were used for processing the data. To estimate the independent contribution of each variable as to the probability of the outcome related to alcohol consumption, measures of association with multiple logistic regression analysis were performed. For bivariate analyses, the Pearson chi-square or Fisher Exact tests were applied. The differences among the groups were also demonstrated using the odds ratio. The level of statistical significance adopted was of 5%. The sample was comprised of 259 women. Predominance was for the age group of between 30 and 49 years (47.5%), self-declared as black (89.2%), with religious belief (74.5%), with partner (64.4%), complete secondary education (53,7%), remunerated activity (67.6%), receiving under one minimum wage (34.4%), financially dependent (64.5%) and living in own or ceded residence (85.3%). Prevalence was observed of 50.2% in alcoholic consumption, and of 56.2% of abusive usage. For measures of association, the relationship between age and use of alcoholic beverages evidenced the statistically significant association between the age group of 30 to 49 years and risk zone I (p=0.043), the consumption of alcoholic beverages and income for Zone I (p=0.081) and Zone IV (p=0.049). Considering the abusive use of alcoholic beverages, religious belief was characterized as a protection factor (OR= 0.15; CI 95% -0.07; 0.36). For the Zone I outcome, the resident variable was classified as a risk factor (OR= 2.19; 1.10; 4.34), as well as getting hurt due to having consumed alcohol (OR= 21.7; 5.21; 91.03) and having religious belief (OR= 8.43; 4.21; 16.88). For the Zone II outcome, religious belief was classified as a protection factor (OR= 0.26; 0.13; 0.52). Zone III, not getting injured after having consumed alcohol, is established as a protection factor (OR= 0.04; 0.00; 0.20) and in Zone IV, religion is established as a protection factor (OR= 0.11; 0.018; 0.713), as well as not getting injured after having consumed alcohol (OR= 0.03; 0.005; 0.174). The conclusion reached is that sociodemographic factors, such as age group and income, were associated to the use and consumption of alcoholic beverages in women at a rural community and over half of the sample consumed alcohol and in an abusive manner, however, not dependent use.