Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Prevalence of Binge Drinking & Associated Behaviours among 3,286 College Students in France

BACKGROUND:
Studies conducted on characteristics of binge drinking and associated behaviours in college student populations are scarce especially in France. Hence, it is important to identify risk factors for binge drinking at university, especially those which may be changed. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of binge drinking and associated behaviours across a large sample of college students in Upper Normandy (France).

METHODS:
A cross sectional study was performed between November 2009 and February 2013 and data on socioeconomic characteristics and behavioural risk factors were collected: alcohol (consumption and misuse of alcohol, occasional and frequent binge drinking), tobacco, cannabis, cyberaddiction, stress and depression. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was filled out by college student volunteers from Upper Normandy (France) either online or by paper questionnaire. Analyses were performed using multivariate logistic regression models.

RESULTS:
A total of 3286 students were included. The mean (Standard Deviation (SD)) age of students was 20.8 years (SD = 2.1) with a male-female ratio of 0.60. The prevalence of binge drinking in the never, occasional and frequent categories was respectively 34.9 %, 51.3 %, and 13.8 %. The mean number of units of alcohol consumed per week (except BD episodes) was 0.78 for never, 3.7 for occasional and 10.5 for frequent binge drinkers (p < 0.0001). A positive relation was observed between frequent binge drinking and the following: male gender, living in rented accommodation, attending business school, regular practice of sport, smoking, occasional cannabis use, and alcohol abuse. A negative association was observed between frequent binge drinking and grant holder status, living in couples, and stress.

CONCLUSIONS:
This study highlights the spread of binge drinking among college students and identifies student populations at risk: male gender, living in rented accommodation, regular practice of sport, and other risk behaviours such as use of tobacco, cannabis and alcohol. These behaviours increase with the frequency of binge drinking.

Below:  Frequency of consumption of binge drinking according to the gender of college students (France; 2010-2012) (N=3286)



Full article at:   http://goo.gl/xH28Bs

  • 1Rouen University Hospital, Clinical Investigation Center 1404, 1 Rue de Germont, Rouen Cedex, 76031, France. marie-pierre.tavolacci@chu-rouen.fr.
  • 2Rouen University Hospital, IRIB, Inserm U1073, Rouen, France. marie-pierre.tavolacci@chu-rouen.fr.
  • 3Rouen University Hospital, Clinical Investigation Center 1404, 1 Rue de Germont, Rouen Cedex, 76031, France.
  • 4Department of Nutrition, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
  • 5Department of Preventive Medicine of University, Rouen University, Rouen, France.
  • 6Rouen University Hospital, IRIB, Inserm U1073, Rouen, France.
  • 7Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France. 
  •  2016 Feb 23;16(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2863-x.



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