Author(s)

Zanga Damien Ouattara^1*, Mali Koura², Abdel Karim Serme³, Kounpilélimé Sosthène Somda³, Aboubacar Coulibaly³, Steve Léonce Zoungrana¹, Appolinaire Sawadogo²

¹Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit CHU Ouahigouya, UFR/SDS CUP, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso.
²Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit CHU-SS, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
³Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit CHU-YO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

The prevalence of excessive alcohol consumption is high in our context. The fight against this scourge requires accurate identification of sociodemographic factors for a better communication strategy. Objective: To determine the sociodemographic factors associated with alcohol consumption in a population of hospitalized patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during two months in 14 hospital departments of the University Hospital CHU-Yalgado Ouédraogo (CHUYO) in Ouagadougou, by interview and document review. All patients hospitalized for less than a year, aged 18 at least and consenting were included. Excessive alcohol consumption was defined as consumption ≥210 g/week in men and 140 g/week in women according to WHO, a score ≥8 in men and in women ≥7 by AUDIT Questionnaire, a score ≥2 according to the DETA questionnaire. Socio-demographic factors as age, sex, religion, educational level, marital status, occupation and salary status were filled for all patients. Results: A total of 391 patients were included. The average age was 44 ± 16.26 years and the sex ratio of 1.34. Among them, 135 (34.53%) were consumers of alcohol. The prevalence of excessive consumption ranged from 7.92% to 10.49%. A statistically significant relationship was found between alcohol consumption and sex (p < 0.03), religion (p < 0.01) and education level (p < 0.01). On the contrary, no significant relationship was found between alcohol consumption, age, marital status and occupation. The salary status “employee” appears to promote the consumption of alcohol by some tools. Conclusion: The excessive consumption of alcohol is common in our population especially by educated men of non-Muslim religion. This hypothesis should be corroborated in a study within the general population to better set control strategies against this scourge.

Alcohol, Sociodemographic Factors

Ouattara, Z. , Koura, M. , Serme, A. , Somda, K. , Coulibaly, A. , Zoungrana, S. and Sawadogo, A. (2017) Sociodemographic Factors of Alcohol Consumption in a Population of Hospitalized Patients in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 7, 96-104. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2017.73011.