Pengpid S, Peltzer K
ASEAN Institute for Health and Development, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
West Indian Med J. 2012 Dec;61(9):890-6. doi: 10.7727/wimj.2012.059.
Alcohol misuse is a relevant public health issue in Thailand. The assessment of the prevalence of alcohol use among adolescents may guide policies and programmes aimed at reducing alcohol use among this age group.
Using data from the Thailand Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2008, we assessed the prevalence of alcohol use and the associated factors among adolescents (n = 2758).
Overall, the prevalence of current alcohol use was 14.8% (21.2% males and 9.3% females). Variables positively associated with the outcome in multivariable analysis among boys were older age, other substance use (smoking and illicit drug use), sex in the past 12 months, physical fighting, injury in the past 12 months; and among girls, poverty, smoking, physical fighting and lack of parental or guardian connectedness.
Efforts to prevent and control alcohol misuse may need to address a cluster of risk behaviours including cigarette smoking.
酒精滥用是泰国一个重要的公共卫生问题。评估青少年饮酒率可为旨在减少该年龄组酒精使用的政策和项目提供指导。
利用2008年泰国全球基于学校的学生健康调查(GSHS)的数据,我们评估了青少年(n = 2758)的饮酒率及相关因素。
总体而言,当前饮酒率为14.8%(男性为21.2%,女性为9.3%)。在多变量分析中,与男孩饮酒结果呈正相关的变量有年龄较大、使用其他物质(吸烟和使用非法药物)、过去12个月内有性行为、肢体冲突、过去12个月内受伤;与女孩饮酒结果呈正相关的变量有贫困、吸烟、肢体冲突以及与父母或监护人关系不紧密。
预防和控制酒精滥用的努力可能需要应对包括吸烟在内的一系列风险行为。