Andersson Claes, Johnsson Kent O, Berglund Mats, Ojehagen Agneta
Clinical Alcohol Research, University Hospital MAS, Malmö, Sweden.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2007 Sep-Oct;42(5):448-55. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agm008. Epub 2007 Mar 14.
The primary aim of this study was to describe alcohol involvement in relation to gender and different age cohorts among freshmen at two Swedish universities. The secondary aim was to investigate whether the results were related to a likelihood of students being in serious relationships and/or had a first-degree relative with alcohol problems.
Two complete cohorts of university freshmen at two homogeneous universities were asked to participate in an intervention study, and the results of the basic assessments are presented in this article. The following instruments were used: the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the Estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration (eBAC) and a shortened version of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ).
A total of 2032 (72%) freshmen agreed to participate. The mean AUDIT score was 8.8 (+/-4.9) for men and 6.0 (+4.0) for women, and there were high correlations between the AUDIT and other instruments. There were significant differences between different age groups for both men and women. Both genders were more likely to have AUDIT scores higher than the usual cut-off levels for high-risk interventions among those with first-degree heredity of alcohol problems, while those students in serious relationships were less likely to have AUDIT scores above the usual cut-off levels for high-risk interventions.
This study reveals a high level of alcohol involvement among Swedish university freshmen. This is affected by age, gender, heredity of alcohol problems and serious relationships.
本研究的主要目的是描述瑞典两所大学新生中与性别和不同年龄组相关的酒精使用情况。次要目的是调查结果是否与学生处于恋爱关系以及/或者有一位患有酒精问题的一级亲属的可能性有关。
两所同类大学的两个完整新生队列被邀请参与一项干预研究，本文展示了基础评估的结果。使用了以下工具：酒精使用障碍识别测试（AUDIT）、估计血液酒精浓度（eBAC）以及酒精预期问卷（AEQ）的一个简化版本。
共有2032名（72%）新生同意参与。男性的平均AUDIT分数为8.8（±4.9），女性为6.0（±4.0），并且AUDIT与其他工具之间存在高度相关性。男性和女性在不同年龄组之间均存在显著差异。在有酒精问题一级遗传的人群中，两性的AUDIT分数高于高风险干预通常临界值的可能性更大，而处于恋爱关系中的学生AUDIT分数高于高风险干预通常临界值的可能性较小。
本研究揭示瑞典大学新生中酒精使用程度较高。这受到年龄、性别、酒精问题遗传以及恋爱关系的影响。
