RT Journal Article
T1 Risky alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking among Spanish university students: A two-year follow-up
T2 Consumo de riesgo y consumo intensivo de alcohol entre estudiantes universitarios: dos años de estudio
A1 Mota Miranda, Nayara Graciella
A1 Álvarez Gil, Rosa
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
A1 Parada Iglesias, María
A1 Crego Barreiro, Manuel Alberto
A1 Caamaño Isorna, Francisco
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
K1 Heavy episodic drinking
K1 Adolescent
K1 Epidemiology
K1 Cohort
K1 Alcohol
K1 Logistic-regression
K1 Consumo intensivo de alcohol
K1 Adolescencia
K1 Estudio de cohorte
K1 Regresión logística
AB Objective: To evaluate the incidence of risky consumption (RC) and heavy episodic drinking (HED) in the Cohort of Spanish university students at two-year follow-up and to identify predictors of these patterns of alcohol consumption and the association between these patterns and academic achievement. Method: We carried out a cohort study. Alcohol consumption was measured with the AUDIT. The following variables were collected by questionnaire: place of residence, parents' education, alcohol consumption in the family, age of onset of use, alcohol expectancies, and the academic achievement. We constructed logistic regression models using three dependent variables: RC, HED, and academic achievement. Results: The response rate at two-year follow-up was 64.1%. The incidence of RC and HED at two-year follow-up were 24.92% and 4.01% respectively. The prevalence of RC rose from 37.1% to 54.6%. On the contrary, HED dropped from 12.2% to 8.7%. In relation to incidence of RC, being male (OR=2.77), medium (OR=1.59) or high expectancies (OR=2.24), and early age of onset of use (OR=2.26) constituted risk factors. In contrast, living with parents constituted a protective factor (OR=0.48). For HED, being male (OR=1.92) and high expectancies (OR=2.96) were risk factors. RC and HED were risk factors for low academic achievement. Conclusions: HED is a pattern of alcohol consumption mainly associated with adolescence, while RC is associated with youth. Both patterns are predictors of academic achievement. Public Health strategies should focus on modifying expectancies and limit access to alcohol at young ages
PB Elsevier España, S.L.
PB Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS)
SN 0213-9111
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16836
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16836
LA eng
NO Mota N; Álvarez-Gil R; Corral M; Rodríguez Holguín S; Parada M; Crego A; Caamaño-Isorna F; Cadaveira F (2010). Risky alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking among Spanish university students: a two-year follow-up. Gaceta Sanitaria, 24, 372-377. Doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.02.013
NO This research was supported by Consellería de Innovación e Industria, Xunta de Galicia, grant number PGIDIT05CS021103PR and INCITE08XIB211015PR, by Plan Nacional sobre Drogas, Ministerio de Salud y Consumo, Spain, grant number 2005/PN014, and by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain, grant number EDU2008-03440. The authors N. Mota and A. Crego hold a predoctoral scholarship from Consellería de Innovación e Industria, Xunta de Galicia, and from Ministerio de Educación, Spain (grant number AP2006-03871), respectively
DS Minerva
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