Fatores associados ao uso pesado de álcool entre estudantes das capitais brasileiras

• Autor(a) principal: Galduróz, José Carlos Fernandes [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Sanchez, Zila van der Meer [UNIFESP], Opaleye, Emérita Sátiro [UNIFESP], Noto, Ana Regina [UNIFESP], Fonseca, Arilton Martins [UNIFESP], Gomes, Paulo Leonardo Sirimarco, Carlini, Elisaldo Araujo [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/001300000m22s
• DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102010000200006
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102010000200006; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/5677
• topic: Students; Alcohol Drinking; Family Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Cross-Sectional Studies; Estudantes; Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas; Características da Família; Fatores Socioeconômicos; Estudos Transversais

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between heavy use of alcohol among students and family, personal and social factors. METHODS: Cross-sectional study including public school students aged ten to 18 from 27 Brazilian capital cities in 2004. Data was collected using an anonymous, self-report questionnaire that was adapted from a World Health Organization instrument. A representative sample comprising 48,155 students was stratified by census tracts and clusters (schools). The associations between heavy alcohol use and the factors studied were analyzed using logistic regression at a 5% significance level. RESULTS: Of all students, 4,286 (8.9%) reported heavy alcohol use in the month prior to the interview. The logistic regression analysis showed an association between fair or poor relationship with the father (OR = 1.46) and the mother (OR = 1.61) and heavy use of alcohol. Following a religion (OR = 0.83) was inversely associated with heavy alcohol consumption. Sports practice and mother perceived as a liberal person had no significance in the model. However, a higher prevalence of heavy use of alcohol was seen among working students. CONCLUSIONS: Stronger family ties and religion may help preventing alcohol abuse among students.