TITLE:
Sociodemographic Factors of Alcohol Consumption in a Population of Hospitalized Patients in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
AUTHORS:
Zanga Damien Ouattara, Mali Koura, Abdel Karim Serme, Kounpilélimé Sosthène Somda, Aboubacar Coulibaly, Steve Léonce Zoungrana, Appolinaire Sawadogo
KEYWORDS:
Alcohol, Sociodemographic Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.7 No.3,
March
29,
2017
ABSTRACT: The prevalence of excessive alcohol consumption is
high in our context. The fight against this scourge requires accurate
identification of sociodemographic factors for a better communication strategy.
Objective: To determine the sociodemographic factors associated with alcohol
consumption in a population of hospitalized patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted
during two months in 14 hospital departments of the University Hospital
CHU-Yalgado Ouédraogo (CHUYO) in Ouagadougou, by interview and document review. All patients hospitalized for less than a year, aged 18 at least and
consenting were included. Excessive alcohol consumption was defined as consumption
≥210 g/week in men and 140 g/week in women according to WHO, a score ≥8 in men and in women ≥7 by
AUDIT Questionnaire, a score ≥2 according to the DETA questionnaire.
Socio-demographic factors as age, sex, religion, educational level, marital
status, occupation and salary status were filled for all patients. Results: A
total of 391 patients were included. The average age was 44 ± 16.26 years and
the sex ratio of 1.34. Among them, 135 (34.53%) were consumers of alcohol. The
prevalence of excessive consumption ranged from 7.92% to 10.49%. A
statistically significant relationship was found between alcohol consumption
and sex (p 0.03), religion (p 0.01)
and education level (p 0.01). On the contrary, no significant relationship was found between
alcohol consumption, age, marital status and occupation. The salary status “employee” appears to promote the consumption of alcohol by some tools. Conclusion: The
excessive consumption of alcohol is common in our population especially by
educated men of non-Muslim religion. This hypothesis should be corroborated in
a study within the general population to better set control strategies against
this scourge.