RESUMO
The main purpose of this article is to evaluate the incidence of alcoholism in three different groups from the poor segments of the population. Two types of questionnaires--CAGE and SADD--were applied to 334 men. Incidence of alcoholism in each group was: group I--134 homeless men, without a regular job, sheltered in a public institution, 55.9%; group II--106 unskilled male workers, working in construction sites, 43.4%; group III--94 unskilled male workers, working for a public institution, 23.4%. Results show a very high incidence of alcoholism in these segments of the Brazilian population.
Assuntos
Alcoolismo/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Brasil/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos de Amostragem , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
Enteral nutrition was used for the purpose of providing an adequate alimentary support to patients who had been discharged from the hospital. Ten of them received the enteral diet in their own homes by means of a Dobbhoff tube. Six patients, however, had been receiving it during their hospitalization period, and four had started the treatment in their own houses, thus avoiding need for hospitalization. Enteral feeding was the only nutritional support used in the case of six patients. For the others, an oral diet was free to be used, even though the enteral diet provided all the required calories and proteins. All patients did very well and improvement of their nutritional condition was observed, without any intercurrence due to the enteral nutrition. Development of this procedure allows provision of adequate nutritional support to patients in their own homes, even in more complex situations. The low-cost enteral diet is easy to prepare and administer, thus enabling low-income patients to receive it in their own homes. Furthermore, it shortens the hospitalization period, and avoids the risk of discontinuing adequate nourishment of ill persons after their discharge from the hospital.