Pattern of alcohol consumption among workers of a technical-agricultural college: transversal study

Abstract

Objective: to draw the pattern of alcohol consumption among workers of a technical-agricultural college in a Brazilian northeastern city. Method: a quantitative, transversal and descriptive research with 30 workers, with census sampling. It was listed as eligibility criteria: to be a public servant who has been permanent employed in the institution and who has been employed for at least six months. The collection took through the application of the Test for Identification of Problems related to the Use of Alcohol and the data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics. Results: it was found that 73% of the workers have used alcohol in the last 12 months, above the national average. That the highest pattern of risk and harmful consumption occurred among men, aged between 30 and 39 years-old, married, with full postgraduate studies, with income between three and five minimum wages. Conclusion: the pattern of alcohol consumption identified was that the participants consumed alcoholic beverages in the last 12 months with a risk and harmful pattern.

Keywords

• alcoolismo
• consumo de álcool na faculdade
• saúde do trabalhador
• enfermagem do trabalho.