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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2002
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- Prevalencia de consumo riesgoso y dañino de alcohol en derechohabientes del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Juana Inés de la Cruz Morales Irma H. Fernández Mario Madrazo Angel Zárate Jorge Escobedo Hugo Tudón Salud AUDIT Mexico Key words: alcoholism harmful alcohol consumption hazardous alcohol consumption 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 2002 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10644205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.2 Vol.44