Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e prática do binge drinking entre cabeleireiros

Abstract

Objective: to verify the consumption of alcoholic bevera-ges and the practice of binge drinking among hairdressers. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted with 51 beauty salon professionals. We used a questionnaire with socio--demographic characteristics and about the practices of consumption of alcoholic beverages. For the identification of the use in binge drinking, the key question was guided. Des-criptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed. Results: 84.3% were alcohol consumers, 51.0% had betwe-en one and ten years of consumption and 72.5% consumed beer. In relation to the use in binging, 37.3% of the sample made occasional use of risk, at least once a month. The hi-ghest rates of binge drinking were related to male gender, single and young and the evangelical religion was associa-ted with a lower or no consumption of alcoholic beverages.Conclusion: the data pointed to alcohol consumption and frequent binge use related to likely alcohol dependence.