title: Cross-sectional Study to Acknowledge the Independent Association of the Socio-demographic Determinants of Alcohol Use in an Urban Slum of North India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To seek pleasure is man's innate nature. In his search for gratification, man has discovered a world of substances that intoxicated him. Those who fell within its trap, their life changed, their families aggrieved and they shrank from company. The addiction remained alone in the end. To many death was a relief.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community based cross- sectional study was conducted in the Catchment area of UHTC (Urban Health and training Centre) where all males aged ≥15 years residing in the study area were included. Data was collected by home visit using WHO questionnaire (
  Alcohol use disorder identification test) Modified Kuppuswamy scale was used to assess the socio-economic status of the families. Data was analyzed by appropriate test using SPSS 20.0 version. Logistic regression was applied to the positively associated results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the AUDIT score, Hazardous, Dependent and harmful drinkers were 7.7%, 9.2% and 2.4% respectively. Age, marital status, education of the head of the family, occupation of the respondent, caste, family history of alcohol use had statistically significant association (P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval). Logistic regression was applied and marital status, family history of alcohol use and caste retained their statistical significance (P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It can be concluded that being young, being low educated, being married and having a family history of alcohol use are more at risk to it. This indicates the dire necessity to consider the above factors in order to combat with this evil of alcohol use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vijender
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Varsha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
keywords: AUDIT; WHO questionnaire; harmful and dependent users; hazardous; independent association socio-demographic determinants; prevalence of alcohol use