Sumskas Linas, Zaborskis Apolinaras
Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 4, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2004;40(11):1117-23.
Alcohol consumption becomes an important social and health problem among youth in many countries. Analysis of data on alcohol consumption behavior from World Health Organization Cross-National Study on Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) is presented in the article. This survey is carried out in majority of European countries including Lithuania. Aim of this study was to analyze features and trends of alcohol consumption among representative sample of 11, 13 and 15-year-old school children and to compare results with international data.
Patterns and trends of alcohol consumption were analyzed in three cross sectional questionnaire surveys of the representative sample of Lithuanian secondary school student's aged 11, 13 and 15 years in 1994, 1998 and 2002. Respectively, 5428, 4513 and 5645 respondents have filled in the questionnaires anonymously in the classroom according the methodology of international HBSC study.
Boys were using alcohol on the regular basis (once a week or more often) more frequently than girls. Prevalence of regular alcohol consumption has increased from 9.4 to 13.6% in boys and from 4.2% to 6.5% in girls (p<0.05). Beer was the most popular alcohol drink among the students and was consumed respectively by 8.9%, 10.2% and 12.7% boys, and by 3.4%, 4.6%, 5.4% girls at least once per week. Prevalence of respondents who have reported the drunkenness (two or more times) has increased in boys from 13.3% to 30.1%, and in girls from 27.1% to 19.6% during period 1994-2002 (p<0.05).
Trend of increase of alcohol consumption among school-aged children was observed in Lithuania during 1994-2002. Boys tend to be more frequent regular users of alcohol than girls. Alcohol consumption was significantly increasing with age. Alcohol use behaviors of Lithuanian school-aged children tend to be closer to countries of the Western Europe and the Nordic countries during the period of observation.
在许多国家，饮酒已成为青少年中一个重要的社会和健康问题。本文对世界卫生组织学龄儿童健康行为跨国研究（HBSC）中的饮酒行为数据进行了分析。这项调查在包括立陶宛在内的大多数欧洲国家开展。本研究的目的是分析11岁、13岁和15岁在校儿童代表性样本中的饮酒特征和趋势，并将结果与国际数据进行比较。
在1994年、1998年和2002年对11岁、13岁和15岁立陶宛中学生代表性样本进行的三次横断面问卷调查中，分析饮酒的模式和趋势。分别有5428名、4513名和5645名受访者按照国际HBSC研究方法在课堂上匿名填写了问卷。
男孩定期饮酒（每周一次或更频繁）的频率高于女孩。男孩定期饮酒的患病率从9.4%增至13.6%，女孩从4.2%增至6.5%（p<0.05）。啤酒是学生中最受欢迎的酒精饮料，每周至少饮用一次的男孩分别占8.9%、10.2%和12.7%，女孩分别占3.4%、4.6%和5.4%。在1994 - 2002年期间，报告醉酒（两次或更多次）的受访者患病率在男孩中从13.3%增至30.1%，在女孩中从27.1%降至19.6%（p<0.05）。
1994 - 2002年期间，立陶宛学龄儿童饮酒呈增加趋势。男孩比女孩更频繁地定期饮酒。饮酒量随年龄显著增加。在观察期内，立陶宛学龄儿童的饮酒行为倾向于更接近西欧国家和北欧国家。
