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Alcohol Consumption and Behavioral Consequences in Romanian Medical University Students

Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem facing universities. The objectives of the present study were to investigate alcohol consumption and the behaviors associated with it among Romanian university medical students, with particular reference to sex differences, behavioral consequences...

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Autores principales: Nasui, Bogdana Adriana, Popa, Monica, Buzoianu, Anca Dana, Pop, Anca Lucia, Varlas, Valentin Nicolae, Armean, Sebastian Mihai, Popescu, Codruta Alina
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299980
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147531
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author Nasui, Bogdana Adriana
Popa, Monica
Buzoianu, Anca Dana
Pop, Anca Lucia
Varlas, Valentin Nicolae
Armean, Sebastian Mihai
Popescu, Codruta Alina
author_facet Nasui, Bogdana Adriana
Popa, Monica
Buzoianu, Anca Dana
Pop, Anca Lucia
Varlas, Valentin Nicolae
Armean, Sebastian Mihai
Popescu, Codruta Alina
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description Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem facing universities. The objectives of the present study were to investigate alcohol consumption and the behaviors associated with it among Romanian university medical students, with particular reference to sex differences, behavioral consequences, and lifestyle patterns. We performed a cross-sectional study on 722 medical students (60.4% females; 39.6% males); the participants filled out a validated questionnaire containing the following items co-occurring with alcohol consumption: smoking, illicit drug use, energy drink consumption, and other behavioral drinking consequences. Physical activity was estimated using the IPAQ questionnaire. We statistically analyzed the interrelation between alcohol consumption and target factors. The present study showed a high percentage of at-risk drinkers among male (15.0%) and female medical students (14.9%) in the studied group. Male students reported higher illicit drug use and physical activity than female students, but the at-risk female drinkers’ group consumed more drugs than the low-risk female drinkers. Both male and female drinkers engaged in other risky behaviors correlated with drinking (e.g., smoking, low academic performance, and driving a car after drinking). Public health policies, strategies, and interventions should be initiated to reduce alcohol consumption and associated behaviors in medical students.
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spelling pubmed-83046422021-07-25 Alcohol Consumption and Behavioral Consequences in Romanian Medical University Students Nasui, Bogdana Adriana Popa, Monica Buzoianu, Anca Dana Pop, Anca Lucia Varlas, Valentin Nicolae Armean, Sebastian Mihai Popescu, Codruta Alina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem facing universities. The objectives of the present study were to investigate alcohol consumption and the behaviors associated with it among Romanian university medical students, with particular reference to sex differences, behavioral consequences, and lifestyle patterns. We performed a cross-sectional study on 722 medical students (60.4% females; 39.6% males); the participants filled out a validated questionnaire containing the following items co-occurring with alcohol consumption: smoking, illicit drug use, energy drink consumption, and other behavioral drinking consequences. Physical activity was estimated using the IPAQ questionnaire. We statistically analyzed the interrelation between alcohol consumption and target factors. The present study showed a high percentage of at-risk drinkers among male (15.0%) and female medical students (14.9%) in the studied group. Male students reported higher illicit drug use and physical activity than female students, but the at-risk female drinkers’ group consumed more drugs than the low-risk female drinkers. Both male and female drinkers engaged in other risky behaviors correlated with drinking (e.g., smoking, low academic performance, and driving a car after drinking). Public health policies, strategies, and interventions should be initiated to reduce alcohol consumption and associated behaviors in medical students. MDPI 2021-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8304642/ /pubmed/34299980 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147531 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147531
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