Prevalence of hazardous drinking among nursing students.

Autor:	Rabanales Sotos, Joseba, López Gonzalez, Ángel, Párraga Martínez, Ignacio, Campos Rosa, Monchi, Simarro Herraez, María José, López‐Torres Hidalgo, Jesús
Předmět:	COMPLICATIONS of alcoholism ALCOHOLIC beverages ALCOHOLISM CHI-squared test CONFIDENCE intervals STATISTICAL correlation ALCOHOL drinking EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research RESEARCH methodology NURSING schools NURSING students PROBABILITY theory QUESTIONNAIRES RESEARCH evaluation SOCIAL classes STATISTICS T-test (Statistics) LOGISTIC regression analysis DATA analysis SOCIOECONOMIC factors LIFESTYLES CROSS-sectional method DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics ODDS ratio
Zdroj:	Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Mar2015, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p581-590, 10p
Abstrakt:	Aims To estimate the frequency of alcohol consumption among nursing students and describe their behaviour patterns in relation to excessive consumption. Background Most alcohol-related problems appear in individuals who indulge in hazardous consumption, with hazardous drinkers constituting a priority in the field of preventive activities. According to previous studies, there is a high proportion of hazardous drinkers among university students. Design Descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods Over the course of the 2012-2013 academic year, we assessed 1060 nursing degree students, ascertaining their socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and alcohol consumption by means of the Systematic Alcohol Consumption Interview ( Interrogatorio Sistematizado de Consumos Alcohólicos/ ISCA) and Alcohol Use Disorders Inventory Test ( AUDIT). Results Hazardous alcohol consumption was observed in 43·4% of students. Moreover, 14·9% of men and 18·7% of women met criteria for hazardous drinkers, without any statistically significant difference between the sexes. The frequency of hazardous drinkers was significantly higher among participants aged under 21 years, those living outside the family nucleus and smokers. Conclusion A considerable proportion of students show evidence of hazardous alcohol consumption and, while there are no sex-related differences, the proportion of hazardous drinkers tends to be higher among the youngest subjects, smokers and persons living outside the family nucleus. Alcohol-prevention activities should envisage greater protection of university settings, particularly where future health professionals are involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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