Sociodemographic, Psychological and Adolescent–related Factors Associated with Alcohol Consumption among School-going Adolescents
| Autor: | Nizatul Nurain Mazubir, Nurulhuda Mat Hassan, Siti Norazlina Juhari, Mohd Faeiz Pauzi, Norwati Daud |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
05 social sciences Single parent Alcohol Logistic regression medicine.disease Simple random sample 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine chemistry Environmental health Intervention (counseling) medicine Global health 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cluster sampling 030212 general & internal medicine General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Addictive behavior business 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Health Care. 12:168-176 |
| ISSN: | 2250-1460 2250-1444 |
| DOI: | 10.18311/ajprhc/2020/25487 |
| Popis: | Drinking alcohol is a potential addictive behavior causing significant morbidity and mortality that can be prevented in adolescents. Psychological and other significant factors related to adolescent drinking need to be identified to design a more population-specific screening and intervention to prevent alcohol use among adolescents. This study aims to find the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the psychological factors associated with it among school-going adolescents in Terengganu, Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 732 school adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years from 12 secondary schools in Terengganu, Malaysia. Cluster sampling was applied to choose the schools and classes were selected by computerized simple random sampling. A validated questionnaire adapted from Global Health School Survey (GSHS) was used and psychological aspects were assessed using the validated Malay version of Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ). Data were analyzed using SPSS ver. 25, using multiple logistic regressions for dependent variable of alcohol drinking. Alcohol consumption was defined as any alcohol beverage intake of more than a few sips. Prevalence of alcohol consumption was 5.2% (95% CI: 3.7, 7.1). Peer problems score was significantly associated with ever drinking of alcohol (p = 0.046, OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.93); together with other significantly associated factors; namely younger age (p |
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