Evolution of hospitalizations arising from alcohol and another drug abuse
International Journal of Development Research
Evolution of hospitalizations arising from alcohol and another drug abuse
Received 19th February, 2020; Received in revised form 17th March, 2020; Accepted 20th April, 2020; Published online 30th May, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Francisco Carlos Lins 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.
Objective: to analyze the evolution of hospitalizations arising from alcohol and another drug abuse from 2008 to 2015. Method: analytical, observational, ecological study based on the information contained in the national databases of the Hospital Admission System of the Unified Health System. Results: among the first ten causes of hospitalizations due to mental disorders, the use of some type of drug is the second largest responsible (15,10). As for hospitalizations specifically due to drug abuse, the disorders generated by abuse of alcohol and multiple drugs were responsible for 99.17% of the hospitalizations. There was a strong growing trend in these hospitalizations (R² = 0.8419), with an increase of 90.56% when compared to the extremes of the evaluated period, regardless of the gender considered. Conclusion: the amount of hospitalizations for alcohol and drug abuse is increasing. Is necessary to create and implement multisectoral preventive strategies, since this situation is directly related to Social Determinants of Health.
