Funcionalidad familiar y factores asociados al consumo de alcohol en adolescentes escolarizados de la parroquia Cumbe 2015

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between family functionality and factors associated with alcohol consumption among on teenagers enrolled in the Cumbe Parish 2015. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional analytical study on alcohol consumption on 170 teenagers enrolled in the middle and high school. Demographic variables and associated factors were evaluate by validated forms base on family functionality with the family functioning scale and alcohol consumption by the Identification Test base on disorders due to alcohol consumption. These results were tabulated and analyzed in SPSS version 20, qualitative variables (frequencies and percentages); quantitative variables (median, interquartile range) and statistical association (prevalence ratio, 95% confidence interval and p value <0.05). Results: 53.5% of respondents were female, with a median of 16 years; 57.5% to average adolescence; 55.3% to unstructured families; 69.4% dysfunctional, 58,2 % have high self-esteem and 68.2% have friends' influence. The prevalence was 37.6%, higher in males. The risk factors were male gender (RP 3.19, CI 1.671-6.09 p <0.05), late adolescence (RP 4.31, CI 2.229-8.346 p <0.05), family dysfunction (RP 3 , 03, CI 1.424-6.485, p <0.05) and social influence of friends (RP 2.96, CI 2,385-3,681, p <0,05); The factors without statistical association were family structure (RP1.06, CI 0.570-1.987, p> 0.05) and low self-esteem (RP 0.836; CI 0.44-1.573; p> 0.05). Conclusions: The statistically significant risk factors for alcohol consumption in school-aged adolescents were male sex, late adolescence, dysfunctional families and social influence of friends