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Woźniakowski Mateusz, Zarobkiewicz Michał, Sławiński Mirosław, Świerszcz Łukasz, Roszkowska Anna, Piecewicz‑Szczęsna Halina. The prevalence of alcohol use among medical students in Poland. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):184-189. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.890835 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4811 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.09.2017. Revised: 10.09.2017. Accepted: 13.09.2017. THE PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL USE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN POLAND Mateusz Woźniakowski, Michał Zarobkiewicz, Mirosław Sławiński, Łukasz Świerszcz, Anna Roszkowska, Halina Piecewicz–Szczęsna Chair and Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin Corresponding author: Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna, e-mail: halpiec@wp.pl ORCID ID Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0573-7226 Łukasz Świerszcz http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4252-9813 Anna Roszkowska http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-3377 Mateuz Woźniakowski http://orcid.org/0000 0003 4442 0376 Michał Zarobkiewicz http://orcid.org/0000 0003 0788 6353 Mirosław Sławiński http://orcid.org/0000 0001 8025 4745 Abstract Introduction. Alcohol is the most widely used drug worldwide. Medical students should be aware of its possible harmful properties although they are known to consume large amounts of alcohol. Therefore analysis of their drinking patterns is important for public health. Aim of the study. Analysis of alcohol consumption patterns among Polish medical universities students. Material and methods. Students of different Polish medical universities were asked to fill a self-prepared survey on alcohol consumption. 852 fulfilled questionnaires were gathered. The statistical analysis was performed with Statistica 13 (Statsoft, USA). Results. 99.19% of students (N=860) have declared trying alcohol. 35,35% (N=304) of respondents declared the age of first alcohol consumption as between 15 and 18 years. 31,28% (N=269) of respondents admitted drinking once a week, (27,33%, N=235) twice a week. Beer was pointed as the most frequently consumed alcohol – (51,28%, N=441). 241 students (28,02%) admitted participating in classes under the influence of alcohol. Conclusions. Study reveals some risky alcohol drinking behavior, for example attending classes under the influence of alcohol. During classes they often have contact with patients therefore it can be really dangerous tendency. Keywords: alcohol drinking trends, medical students |
