title: [Alcohol consumption among primary care doctors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the personal alcohol consumption of primary care (PC) doctors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the PC doctors in our region.
  
  
  METHODS
  486 doctors, excluding paediatricians.
  
  
  METHODS
  Closed, anonymous and self-administered survey, divided into two sections: a) social and demographic and work variables (7 items); b) Questionnaire on personal alcohol consumption (4 questions).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive analysis and simple correlations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  227 valid surveys were obtained (47.7% participation rate). A) Social and demographic and work variables: 67.6% were male, with 63.9% between 36 and 45 years old. 55.3% worked in a mixed health centre, 54.4% with tenure. > 40 patients/day (46.6%) demanded care. 82.1% were married. Two-child family units predominated (44.4%). B) Questionnaire on personal consumption of alcohol: 75.7% of the professionals who answered the questionnaire said they were consumers, with "occasionally" the most common pattern of consumption (32.33%). In 63.3% the starting age was between 16 and 20. Beer was the most common kind of drink. In general, consumption predominated in male professionals (78%). However, excess/risk consumption was proportionally higher in women (27.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a) Alcohol consumption among the doctors surveyed is similar to that found in the general population. b) Risk consumption is higher among women doctors.
authors.affiliation: Centros de Salud de Jumilla y Alhama. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Fernández
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Espí Martínez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canteras Jordana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gómez Moraga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care