农村老年印度人口的烟草和酒精使用情况。
Tobacco and alcohol use in rural elderly Indian population.
机构信息
Supervising Medical Social Service Officer, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
出版信息
Indian J Psychiatry. 2005 Oct;47(4):192-7. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.43050.
BACKGROUND
Tobacco and alcohol use are serious health problems. Studies focusing on problems associated with tobacco and alcohol use in the elderly are limited.
AIM
To find out the prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use among rural elderly population.
METHODS
This cross-sectional study was conducted in the intensive field practice area of the Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project in Ballabgarh in Faridabad, Haryana, a rural field practice area of the Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The sample was selected using stratified random cluster sampling. The participants were >/=60 years of age at the time of interview. Data on tobacco and alcohol use pattern of 1117 elderly were collected during the interview.
RESULTS
The prevalence of smoking was 71.8% in men (n=490) and 41.4% in women (n=497). Among men smokers, 41.5% were light smokers (</=5 beedis/day), 42.9% were moderate smokers (6-20 beedis/day) and 15.6% were heavy smokers (>20 beedis/day). Among women smokers, 71.8% were light smokers, 23.8% were moderate smokers and 4.4% were heavy smokers. Regular alcohol intake was seen in 16.3% of the men compared with 0.8% of the women.
CONCLUSION
The finding of a high prevalence of smoking and alcohol consumption among men in this rural population of India is of serious concern and therefore needs remedial measures.
背景
烟草和酒精使用是严重的健康问题。关注老年人与烟草和酒精使用相关问题的研究有限。
目的
了解农村老年人群中烟草和酒精使用的流行情况。
方法
本横断面研究在哈里亚纳邦法里达巴德的巴拉布加尔综合农村卫生服务项目强化实地实践区进行，该实践区是全印度医学科学中心社区医学中心的农村实地实践区。采用分层随机聚类抽样选择样本。参与者在接受访谈时年龄均大于等于 60 岁。在访谈过程中收集了 1117 位老年人的烟草和酒精使用模式数据。
结果
男性（n=490）的吸烟率为 71.8%，女性（n=497）为 41.4%。在男性吸烟者中，41.5%为轻度吸烟者（<=5 支比迪烟/天），42.9%为中度吸烟者（6-20 支比迪烟/天），15.6%为重度吸烟者（>20 支比迪烟/天）。在女性吸烟者中，71.8%为轻度吸烟者，23.8%为中度吸烟者，4.4%为重度吸烟者。男性中有 16.3%经常饮酒，而女性中只有 0.8%。
结论
在印度这个农村人群中，男性吸烟和饮酒的比例很高，这一发现令人严重关切，因此需要采取补救措施。
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