title: [Assessment of alcohol drinking model declared by male citizens living in Kraków district - Podgórze].
abstract: The aim of this paper was the assessment of alcohol model in population of men living in big city. To achieve this target we used data concerning alcohol drinking model incorporated in questionnaire filled by men participants of the Multicentre Studies and Epidemiology of Diabetes conducted from 1998 to 2000, 35-75 years of age, living in the Podgórze district of the city of Kraków. Based on declared data involved drinking frequency and alcohol amount drunk in one sitting in population of 1074 men, 35-75 years of age, we determined that 46.7% participants used to drink more than 2 times weekly and 17.8% drinking alcohol every day or almost every day. Analysis of amount of drunk alcohol in one sitting shown that 81.4% participants use to drink more than 4 standard alcohol units in one sitting and 35% drunk more than 10 standard alcohol units per one sitting. Additionally, in subpopulation of men, 35-50 years of age, so it means at the peak of professional activity period, only 17.76% declared moderate model of alcohol drinking. This study helps to provide proper health services for alcohol addicted persons and induces to active seeking for persons with alcohol drinking problem. It is important not only from improvement of public health point of view but also for social and economic harm reductions followed by alcohol drinking.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Toksykologii i Chorób Wewnetrznych Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radomska
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pach
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piwońska-Solska
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Groszek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol