title: [Sociodemographic and occupational aspects of public assistance demand for problems related to alcohol].
abstract: Bibliographic quotations on alcohol related problems in Castilla y León, and some socieconomic data on income, annual revenues, sectorial brute outputs, vine culture surface, red and white wine production in Valladolid, regional enterprise export and evolution are reported on introduction. Characteristics and limitations of the utilized notifications system and number of alcoholic (N = 433) and psychiatric cases (N = 2788) by institutions during 1986-1987 period are summarized. Notification rates, ranking between 1,08 0/000 at risk, and risk populations by province are reported at results section. Differences between alcoholic and remainder psychiatric patients were evaluated with regard to sex, marriage status, education, labour activity and consultation age. Significant differences (p less than or equal to 0.01) of morbidity between alcoholic and remainder psychiatric patients were found at the following intervals of age: 15-24 (4.7% alcoholic vs. 13.7% psychiatric patients), 25-34 (21.6% alcoholic vs. 18.9% psychiatric patients), 35-44 (26.0% alcoholic vs. 16.7% psychiatric patients), 45-54 alcoholic vs. 15.9% psychiatric patients) and older than 65 (6.6% alcoholic vs. 15.2 psychiatric patients). Significant differences (p less than or equal to 0.001) are also observed between alcoholic and psychiatric patients at male (89.8% alcoholic vs. 43.9% psychiatric patients) and female (10.2% alcoholic vs. 56.1% psychiatric patients) categories. Significant differences (p less than or equal to 0.01) are found at window (2.6% alcoholic vs. 7.7% psychiatric patients) and separated couples rates (8.6% alcoholic vs. 2.5% psychiatric patients). With regard to education there are significant differences between first school (32.8% alcoholic vs. 26.28% psychiatric patients (p less than or equal to 0.01), high school (5.0% alcoholic vs. 9.53% psychiatric patients, p less than or equal to 0.05) and university studies (2.5% alcoholic vs. 5.52% psychiatric patients, p less than or equal to 0.05). There is a different professional profile in alcoholics. Manager, and liberal professional rates (7.09% alcoholic vs. 10.93% psychiatric patients) are significantly different (p less than or equal to 0.01) between white collar worker (11.98% alcoholic vs. 4.92% psychiatric patients), technician (16.87% alcoholic vs. 8.85% psychiatric patients) and blue collar worker rates (65.53% alcoholic vs. 26.97% psychiatric patients). Figures of retired are lesser (p less than or equal to 0.05) in alcoholic than in psychiatric patients (12.67%) and people %ho make home work are lesser (p less than or equal to 0.01) in the former (5.54%) than in the latter (35.37%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Conde López
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011632:Public Assistance; D012940:Social Problems; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Aspectos sociodemográficos y laborales de la demanda asistencial pública por problemas relacionados con el alcohol.