[Prevalence of problem drinkers among users of a health center].
OBJECTIVE
To know the prevalence of problem drinker in adult users of a health center, their personal features and the recording of alcohol consumption in the clinical record.


METHODS
Descriptive crossover.


METHODS
Health Center of Deusto, Bilbao.


METHODS
163 users, aged 14 to 65, obtained by systematic sampling.


RESULTS
For data collection we used an inquest that included the MALT questionnaire. The population consisted of 44% of males and 56% of females. The prevalence of problem drinker was of 11 + 4.8% (CI 95%), made up of 6% of suspects and 5% of alcoholics. 19.4% of males and 4.4% of females was problem drinker (p = 0.002). Alcohol consumption was recorded in 35 + 8% (CI 95%); in 67% of problem drinker and in 31% of the remainder (p = 0.0014). Four out of 8 people self-considered as ex alcoholics were problem drinker.


CONCLUSIONS
Important problem in Primary Health Care with a prevalence similar to Spanish studies made with MALT. Alcohol consumption should be recorded in clinical records. It would be interesting to investigate the evolution of MALT in ex-alcoholics.
Unzueta Zamalloa
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Centro de Salud de Deusto, Unidad Docente de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria de Bizkaia.
Mendibil Crespo
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Elejalde Lorente
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Soto Beobide
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A
Martínez Vallejo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence