A Intervenção Breve (IB) para problemas relacionados ao uso de álcool em servidores universitários: uma análise quantitativa e qualitativa

Abstract

Alcohol use in the workplace is associated with various problems such as labor accidents, absenteeism, diminution of productivity, conflicts, stress, among others. Brief Intervention (BI) is associated with the reduction of alcohol consumption among the population of risk users, however, there is a lack of studies on the impact of IB in the workplace. The objective of this task was to evaluate the effects of Brief Intervention (BI) for problems related to alcohol consumption in the university workplace, presenting three studies. The first study was a descriptive article that sought to conduct a survey on the physical and psychological symptoms that permeated the work of 1011 university servers. Multivariate analysis of clusters was used to identify profiles related to the processes of illness and alcohol use of the servers. As a result, the study showed that there is a high prevalence of physical and mental illness among university employees, and that interventions for the health of workers, alcohol and other drugs are necessary. The second study corresponded to a randomized controlled trial, with an experimental design of a quantitative nature. Participated 1011 servers who received different intervention according to the AUDIT score. The results showed that both groups reduced the consumption pattern and the number of alcohol doses consumed after three and twelve months after the interventions. However, the IB group showed a greater tendency to reduce consumption in most of the issues analyzed. The third study was a qualitative analysis that sought to investigate the perceptions of the servers about the effects of BI in the university workplace. The study was attended by 20 university servers who received the BI in study two. Semi-structured interviews were used, analyzed according to content analysis. The results showed that the components of BI that most influenced the reduction of consumption were feedback, advice and emphaty. Participants reported greater motivation and benefits with reduced alcohol consumption. It is concluded that the application of BI in the university workplace was effective, and that this intervention showed interesting results for the modification of alcohol consumption between servers. There is also a need for an expanded policy in universities that includes interventions on worker health and prevention of alcohol and other drug use in this context.