Women users of alcohol: epidemiological and clinical characteristics
International Journal of Development Research
Women users of alcohol: epidemiological and clinical characteristics
Received 21st January, 2018; Received in revised form 07th February, 2018; Accepted 29th March, 2018; Published online 30th April, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Renata Costa da Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The alcohol intake according to its rules and norms can be classified in six stages being abuse, pathological, alcoholism, alcoholism, addiction, drunkenness among others. Excessive consumption of alcohol by women is growing every day with negative repercussions on physical, mental and social health. The present study aims to trace the profile of alcoholism in women from a city of Cariri Cearense. A descriptive exploratory study with a quantitative approach was carried out. The sample consisted of 50 women residing in the municipality of Brejo Santo - Ce. The main characteristics of the interviewees were: average of 14 to 24 years of age presenting 38% of the participants; 42% single 70% Catholic; 48% white; 44% live with other people. It was observed that of the 94% of the participants who consumed alcohol, 68% had a history of family alcoholism. The beer was the most consumed drink with 68.82%. Problems related to the ingestion of alcoholic beverages not only affect who consumes, but also of the whole society. There is a great need to implement educational actions for this population, aiming at behavioral changes related to alcohol consumption.
