NGUY CƠ SỨC KHỎE DO SỬ DỤNG RƯỢU BIA VÀ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN VỚI NGƯỜI CAO TUỔI TẠI ĐỊA BÀN THÀNH PHỐ NAM ĐỊNH NĂM 2023

Abstract

Objective: Determine the level of health risks related to alcohol use in the elderly. Research subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 461 elderly people who have ever consumed alcohol, determining the level of health risks and related factors due to alcohol use using the AUDIT toolkit. Results: Elderly people who use alcohol in the 60 - 80 age group account for 65.3%, men 52.3%; Harmful drinking of alcohol is 23.7% and men are 17.4%; dependent drinking 11.0% and men 9.1%. Relation between subject characteristics and alcohol consumption, in which men drink high, very high, and are 5.5 times more dependent than women (OR = 5.560; p<0.000). Regarding the relationship between alcohol consumption level and health risks, low-risk drinkers have fewer accidents and injuries and are 9.8 times lower than high-risk, very high-risk and dependent drinkers (OR = 9.848; p = 0.000). People who have not been drunk are less likely to have accidents and injuries and are 7 times shorter than people who are drunk (OR = 7.077; p = 0.000). Conclusion: Elderly people drink alcohol at levels that are harmful to their health, especially men. Drinking at low levels of risk causes injuries and accidents to be significantly reduced.