Gênero e consumo de álcool entre jovens: avaliação e validação do Inventário de Conformidade com Normas Masculinas

Influência de Fatores Psicológicos e Sociais nos Comportamentos Preventivos de Saúde dos Homens

Introdução: Homens tendem a retardar a procura por serviços de saúde e têm baixa adesão a tratamentos, causando piores indicadores de saúde. Objetivou-se analisar a influência de fatores psicológicos e sociais nos comportamentos preventivos de saúde adotados por homens. Métodos: Utilizaram-se um questionário sociodemográfico, o Inventário de Conformidade com Normas Masculinas (CMNI), o Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) e o Questionário de Atitudes e Comportamentos de Saúde (QACS). Participaram da análise 315 homens adultos de todo o Brasil. Resultados: Uma regressão linear revelou que eram preditores de menor prevenção: pontuar alto em traços que indicavam desejo por admiração e respeito e comportamentos sexuais arriscados, bem como a maior probabilidade de presença de transtorno mental, ter cor de pele preta e menor nível educacional. Discussão: Foram mapeados fatores de risco para a menor conduta preventiva em homens. Conclusão: Conclui-se que variáveis psicológicas e sociais exercem forte influência sobre os comportamentos de saúde dos homens, sendo necessárias ações de promoção da saúde masculina para além das políticas públicas existentes, na busca pela elaboração de novas ações focadas neste grupo e temática específicos.

Intervenciones de prevención sobre el consumo de alcohol en jóvenes universitarios

Introducción: La ingesta de alcohol está condicionada por aspectos individuales y culturales. Objetivo: Identificar el efecto de intervenciones realizadas en el contexto latinoamericano sobre pautas de consumo o factores de riesgo asociados al consumo de alcohol en jóvenes universitarios. Materiales y Métodos: Revisión sistemática a partir de la pregunta PICO, Se realizó búsqueda desde abril a agosto del 2020 en las bases de PubMed, CUIDEN, BVS, Scielo, Google Scholar y Repositorios Gubernamentales. Se utilizaron descriptores DeCS y MeSH, en español, inglés y portugués con los operadores AND y OR. Criterios de elegibilidad: estudios experimentales y cuasi experimentales publicados entre 2014 y 2020. Se obtuvieron 49 artículos, la lectura crítica permitió seleccionar 8 a los cuales se les aplicaron las escalas AMSTAR2, TREND y CONSORT quedando 6 artículos para análisis. Según la Resolución 008430/93, Artículo10, se consideró como investigación sin riesgo. Resultados: Intervenciones unicomponente reportaron efectos sobre creencias conductuales, actitudes, conocimiento de la sustancia, rendimiento académico, menor frecuencia de consumo y no conducir bajo efectos del alcohol. Las intervenciones multicomponente disminuyen en 3.03% el riesgo de consumo y reportan percepción positiva respecto a la utilidad de las actividades desarrolladas, satisfacción de expectativas, satisfacción general, calidad de materiales empleados, asistencia y puntualidad. Discusión: Los estudios sugieren implementar nuevas intervenciones, estrategias y políticas en salud primaria para promover una transformación social, educativa y sanitaria que generen un impacto favorable para mitigar la problemática actual de consumo de alcohol en jóvenes universitarios. Conclusiones: Esta revisión sistemática permitió sintetizar y valorar la evidencia disponible frente a intervenciones unicomponente y multicomponente realizadas en el contexto latinoamericano y del caribe que modifican positivamente factores de riesgo y pautas de consumo en jóvenes universitarios.

Prevalence and risk factors associated with alcohol consumption among indigenous people in Sabah Borneo Island

OBJECTIVES

In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of alcohol use among a cohort of population in Sabah.

DESIGN

This is a prospective, cohort study involving rural community residents.

SETTING

Rural community resident at Bingkor, Keningau, Sabah.

PARTICIPANTS

363 individuals aged 13 years old and above.

INTERVENTION

Community-based participatory research to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with alcohol use.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES

Measurement of alcohol use using Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and assessment of psychiatric morbidity using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) questionnaires.

RESULTS

Most alcohol drinkers aged between 36-45 years old, followed by 26-35 years old and 46-55 years old. Interestingly, there are almost similar female to male ratio. Most were Kadazan-Dusun ethnic, non-Muslims, and married. Although only less than a third of the participants received tertiary education, the majority were working. Based on the findings, being a male, non-Muslim and having an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (current) posed a significantly higher risk of alcohol consumption.

CONCLUSION

A worryingly high prevalence of hazardous alcohol consumption among the locals is reported. There is a need for population-wide intervention towards preventive measures based on the identified risk factors for hazardous alcohol use.

Associated factors to abusive alcoholic beverage consumption in suicide victims

BACKGROUND

Suicide is a worldwide phenomenon, as well as a challenge for public health, and alcoholic beverage abuse is one of the most important risk factors. However, the association between possible factors related to alcoholic beverage consumption in suicide victims has rarely been investigated.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the factors associated with abusive alcoholic beverage consumption among people who died from suicide in the Brazilian Federal District (BFD).

METHOD

A population-based and cross-sectional study with suicide victims in the BFD between 2016 and 2017. Information was collected about sociodemographic characteristics, autopsy appraisal, and drug use. A trained team evaluated all cases to define factors associated with abusive alcoholic beverage consumption. This outcome was measured using the Blood Alcohol Concentration. Poisson regression analysis was applied to calculate the Prevalence Ratios and respective populational confidence intervals.

RESULTS

The findings of the present study were collected from a database containing information related to 278 suicide victims. Being male and having cocaine identified in the toxicological test were the factors that showed a strong association with abusive alcohol beverage consumption in suicide victims. Other factors showed a slight association (PR < 1.5): having an education level with greater than 8 years of study, being black, having a professional occupation or being retired or pensioner, and having the presence of cannabis in the toxicological test.

CONCLUSION

Socioeconomic-demographic and behavioral factors proved to be positively associated with abusive alcoholic beverage consumption among suicide victims, suggesting the need for effective public health policy measures to combat this health problem.