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)
- 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.
- BMC Public Health. 2016 Feb 23;16(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2863-x.
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