Abstract
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of alcohol consumption among students of a medical school in the Federal District. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted with 109 people, of both sexes, enrolled in the first or eighth semester of medicine at the Centro Universitário de Brasília in 2018. Participants answered online the instrument “Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test”, to measure the alcohol consumption profile and stratify risk areas related to consumption. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of UniCEUB. Results: 44 students (40.4%) answered the questionnaire, of which 28 (63.3%) were in the 1st semester and 16 (36.3%) were in the 8th semester. It was found that 81.9% of people consumed alcoholic beverages, with 75% attending the 1st period and 93.8% attending the 8th period. Separating by sex, in the 1st period class, 70.6% of women and 81.9% of men consumed alcoholic beverages, whereas for students in the 8th period, these respective rates were 100% and 80%. Conclusion: The research revealed a high prevalence of alcohol consumption, progressively higher for women over the course of medicine, and with findings similar to other national and international realities.