[The early detection of young people with alcohol-related disorders in primary care].

OBJECTIVES

To study the prevalence of alcohol-related disorders (ARDs), associated factors, the recording of alcohol consumption in the Clinical Notes and the performance of the Primary Care team (PCT) with young people attending for on-demand treatment.

DESIGN

Crossover descriptive study.

SETTING

Four Primary Care consultations.

PARTICIPANTS

306 people between 14 and 29 attending for on-demand treatment, over two and a half months and with a medical record opened at the centre.

INTERVENTIONS

Face-to-face interview. The team constructed a questionnaire, which including: the CAGE test, social and demographic characteristics, tobacco consumption, the recording of alcohol consumption in the clinical notes and action.

RESULTS

Average age 20.9 +/- 4.4 years, mainly female (57.4%). Prevalence of ARDs was 11.8%. In 55.9% of the clinical notes alcohol consumption had not been recorded; 78.4% had received no anti-alcohol counselling.

CONCLUSIONS

The prevalence of ARDs among this population group of young people is similar to that described in other studies and is related to being male and smoking. PC professionals are not sufficiently aware of this problem.