Occurrence of alcohol addiction in the adult population living in rural areas

Risky alcohol consumption is one of the main threats to the health of both individuals and society as a whole. These threats affect, among others, health, safety and financial situation. Their scale and intensity cause the issue of alcohol consumption to become a significant challenge for public hea...

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Published in:Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2018-12, Vol.25 (4), p.659-664
Main Authors: Mroczek, Bożena, Mrozik, Łukasz, Kotwas, Artur, Brzeźniak, Halina, Wolińska, Weronika, Niewczas, Marta, Zabielska, Paulina, Grzywacz, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Adult
Aged
alcohol drinking
Alcohol Drinking - economics
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - economics
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcohols
AUDIT Test
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Employment
Female
HBI
Humans
Male
MAST Test
Middle Aged
Poland - epidemiology
Public health
Rural areas
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Schools
Sex Factors
social activity
Social behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:Risky alcohol consumption is one of the main threats to the health of both individuals and society as a whole. These threats affect, among others, health, safety and financial situation. Their scale and intensity cause the issue of alcohol consumption to become a significant challenge for public health. The aim of the study was assessment of the occurrence of the problem of alcohol consumption among residents of rural areas in Western Pomerania and the Lubuskie Province of Western Poland. The study was conducted on 350 residents of rural areas - 236 females (66.4%) and 114 males (32.6%), median age - 42 y. (range - 20-76 years). The tools used included MAST and AUDIT questionnaires, Health Behaviour Inventory (HBI), Social Activity Questionnaire (SA), and original questions. In the studied group the problem with proper alcohol consumption occurred. High convergence was observed between results obtained by individual respondents with both tools (r=0.868 with p
ISSN:1232-1966
1898-2263
DOI:10.26444/aaem/80796