[Alcohol consumption among primary care doctors].
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.
Rodríguez Fernández
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Centros de Salud de Jumilla y Alhama. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Espí Martínez
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Canteras Jordana
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M
Gómez Moraga
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A
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