Factors related to the pattern of alcohol consumption in rural women

Abstract

Objective: to investigate factors related to the pattern of alcohol consumption in rural women. Method: this is a quantitative study of non-probabilistic convenience sampling carried out with 259 women from a rural community in Bahia in primary health care. A structured form and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to estimate the independent contribution of each variable to the probability of outcomes related to alcohol consumption. Logistic regression analysis was applied using the R 4.0.2 software for Windows, with variables in decreasing order of statistical significance. Results: the sample was composed of women between 30 and 49 years old, predominantly black, with religion, with a partner, who complete high school, remunerated activity, family income less than one minimum wage, and living in their own or assigned home. Having a religion reduces the chance of consuming alcohol by 0.15%. Living in a house with up to 3 residents, “not being injured because of drinking” and having a religion increase, respectively, by 89.1, 21.7, and 8.43% the chances of staying in the low-risk zone. Not having a religion increases the chances of moderate drinking by 97.4%. Being injured because of drinking increases the chances of making harmful consumption of alcoholic beverages by 98.9%. Not having a religion and being injured because of drinking increases the chances of using alcohol with probable dependence by 99.7%. Conclusion: religion proved to be a protective factor for greater consumption of alcoholic beverages. On the other hand, being injured or hurting someone because of drinking was characterized as a risk factor.