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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2009; 47 (S1)

Alcohol Risk Behavior and Quality of Life Among University Students

Hidalgo-Rasmussen CA, Hidalgo-San Martín A, Rasmussen-Cruz B, Hernández-Mejía R, Santoyo-Telles F

Language: Spanish
References: 22
Page: 7-12
PDF size: 49.70 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: to measure the risky behavior (RB) to alcohol consumption, the quality of life (QOL) and the association between both.
Methods: a censal sample of 380 students (first year adolescents who entered a University Center in 2006) completed a self-administered on-line questionnaire based on the Spanish version of Youth Quality of Life- Research version (YQRL-R) perceptive module with four domains (general, personal, relationship, environment) and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance YRBS 2007 from which it took four variables related to alcohol use and in addition sociodemographic variables. Logistic Regression- Multinomial models were used to assess interaction effects and predict QOL based on RB by gender, employment and socioeconomic position.
Results: we found that 60.5 % had drunk in the last 30 days and 24.1 % had a drinking binge, 40.1 % were in a car with a drunk driver and 12.4 % had driven a car after drinking. In QOL, the YQOL-R domain with smaller score was personal and we did not find differences by gender (p › 0.05).
Conclusions: the alcohol use was associated to QOL in men, workers and with a middle-high and high socioeconomic position.


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