246236 Association between alcohol consumption and disability among adults: Emerging evidence from Colombia

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Aleida Castellanos , Public Health Deparment, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota D.C., Colombia
Sergio Calero , Public Health Deparment, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá D.C. Colombia, Bogota D.C., Colombia
Yazmin Cadena, MD IMPH , Preventive and Social Medicine Department, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Jesus Rodriguez , Public Health Deparment, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá D.C. Colombia, Bogota D.C., Colombia
Luis F. Gomez, MD MPH , Preventive and Social Medicine Department, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Background: There is a growing interest of understanding the influence of alcohol consumption on the disability process. Notwithstanding, little is known about this topic in Latin America. This study examined the association between alcohol consumption and disability on Colombian adults.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data from The National Health Survey 2007 (n=18,594). The population aged was 18 to 59 years. Alcohol consumption (AC) was determined using a combination the CAGE scale and a frequency questionnaire. Disability was determined with the WHO-DAS-S. Logistic regression models were conducted by gender, while adjusting for potential confounders.

Results: Males who reported AC some days of the week or all the days and with a negative cage were less likely of having a high score of disability (>75 percentil; OR:0.83, 95%IC:0.70-0.97; p:0.023). Those males who reported AC some days of the week or all the days and with a positive cage were more likely of having a high score of disability (OR:1.33, 95%IC:1.07-1.65; p:0.009). These associations only persisted in females who consumed some days of the week or all the days and with a positive cage (OR:2.00, 95%IC:1.52-2.63; p:0.00).

Conclusions: This study found associations between alcohol consumption and disability, mainly en males. A better understanding of these relationships should be investigated in the context of the Latin American region.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Basic medical science applied in public health
Epidemiology
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the relationships between alcohol consumption and disability. 2. Describe the differences between gender in the association between alcohol consumption and disability. 3. Identify the influence of alcohol consumption on the disability process.

Keywords: Alcohol, Disability

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I like a new studies in public health in Colombia, is a new idea, in special in topic alcohol and dissability.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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