title: Screening for hazardous drinking in migrant workers in southeastern Spain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the great impact the migration has had in economic, social and health-related fields, and the repercussions of alcohol consumption on them, few data exist concerning the extent of alcohol consumption in migrant workers. The aims of this study were to identify workers with a hazardous drinking problem by means of a self-reported questionnaire (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-AUDIT) and a biomarker (carbohydrate-deficient transferrin-CDT) and to ascertain associated risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a random sample of 385 migrant workers, undergoing a routine health examination as part of occupational health services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that 13.8% (n=53) of the workers were screened as positive with the AUDIT (≥8) and/or CDT (>2.6) and identified as hazardous drinkers and that 53.8% (n=207) were teetotallers. Being a man (OR: 2.0), working in the construction industry (OR: 2.8) or agriculture (OR: 2.2), being resident in Spain for more than 7 years (OR: 2.3) and sharing a house with friends were the factors most closely associated with hazardous drinking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevention-orientated programs, adjusted to the characteristics of each country and the origin of the migrants themselves, should be instituted to modify the drinking habits of migrant workers considered at risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Social Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", School of Medicine, University of Murcia, E30100.
authors.forename: Maria D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Perez-Carceles
authors.forename: Maria D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perez-Flores
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Noguera
authors.forename: Juan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pereniguez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madrigal
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010808:Physical Examination; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014168:Transferrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014168:Transferrin; C056759:carbohydrate-deficient transferrin