Original Article SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. 10(1):11-6 Jan.-Apr. 2014 DOI: 10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v10i1p-11-16 Correspondence Carla Regina de Souza Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Bairro: Monte Alegre CEP: 14040-902, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil E-mail: carlarst@eerp.usp.br Alcohol consumption And emotionAl problems relAted to diAbetes mellitus Carla Regina de Souza Teixeira 1 Clarissa Cordeiro Alves Arrelias 2 Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti 3 Jefferson Thiago Gonela 2 Liudmila Miyar 4 Rosana Cristina Franco 2 This study aimed to analyze the use of alcohol and emotional problems in patients with diabetes. The convenience sample consisted of 82 patients with type 2 diabetes in two centers of university extension in 2010. For data collection we used the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Problem Areas in Diabetes. The results showed that 93.9% of patients had low risk for alcohol and 21.9% rated their emotional problems as relevant. We conclude that alcohol use and emotional problems are important variables for planning a diabetes education program. Descriptors: Diabetes Mellitus; Emotions; Alcohol Drinking. 1 PhD, Associate Professor, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 2 Doctoral Student, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 3 PhD, Professor, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 4 PhD, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.