Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.

We sought to identify the prevalence and factors associated with alcohol abuse among farmers living in a medium-sized municipality in northeastern Brazil during 2019 and 2020. Trained interviewers applied the standardized questionnaire to 450 participants. Sociodemographic, health, income and work c...

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Autores principales:	Roberta Machado Alves, Emelynne Gabrielly de Oliveira Santos, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a81e8b22e1e74e06b4ae84c27a125e2d2021-12-02T20:15:15ZAbuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0254904https://doaj.org/article/a81e8b22e1e74e06b4ae84c27a125e2d2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254904https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203We sought to identify the prevalence and factors associated with alcohol abuse among farmers living in a medium-sized municipality in northeastern Brazil during 2019 and 2020. Trained interviewers applied the standardized questionnaire to 450 participants. Sociodemographic, health, income and work characteristics were investigated. The tracking of alcohol misuse was done using the CAGE questionnaire (Cut down, Annoyed by criticism, Guilty and Eye-opener), being the cut-off point ≥ 2. Poisson Regression was applied with robust estimation to verify the reasons of prevalence (RP) in bivariate and multivariate analysis. The prevalence of alcohol abuse among farmers was 32% (95% CI 27.8-36.4). Factors such as being male, having a diagnosis of mental disorder in the family, being a smoker, and using drugs were associated with the higher prevalence of the outcome. Being 60 years old or older was associated with a lower prevalence of alcohol abuse. These results indicate the need for social support to this group of workers in the context of occupational health.Roberta Machado AlvesEmelynne Gabrielly de Oliveira SantosIsabelle Ribeiro BarbosaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0254904 (2021)
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description	We sought to identify the prevalence and factors associated with alcohol abuse among farmers living in a medium-sized municipality in northeastern Brazil during 2019 and 2020. Trained interviewers applied the standardized questionnaire to 450 participants. Sociodemographic, health, income and work characteristics were investigated. The tracking of alcohol misuse was done using the CAGE questionnaire (Cut down, Annoyed by criticism, Guilty and Eye-opener), being the cut-off point ≥ 2. Poisson Regression was applied with robust estimation to verify the reasons of prevalence (RP) in bivariate and multivariate analysis. The prevalence of alcohol abuse among farmers was 32% (95% CI 27.8-36.4). Factors such as being male, having a diagnosis of mental disorder in the family, being a smoker, and using drugs were associated with the higher prevalence of the outcome. Being 60 years old or older was associated with a lower prevalence of alcohol abuse. These results indicate the need for social support to this group of workers in the context of occupational health.
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author	Roberta Machado Alves Emelynne Gabrielly de Oliveira Santos Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa
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title	Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.
title_short	Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.
title_full	Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.
title_fullStr	Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.
title_full_unstemmed	Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.
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Abuse of alcohol among farmers: Prevalence and associated factors.

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