Department of Community Health, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Louis Pasteur Street, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Toxicology, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Louis Pasteur Street, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 15;18(14):7531. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147531.
Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem facing universities. The objectives of the present study were to investigate alcohol consumption and the behaviors associated with it among Romanian university medical students, with particular reference to sex differences, behavioral consequences, and lifestyle patterns. We performed a cross-sectional study on 722 medical students (60.4% females; 39.6% males); the participants filled out a validated questionnaire containing the following items co-occurring with alcohol consumption: smoking, illicit drug use, energy drink consumption, and other behavioral drinking consequences. Physical activity was estimated using the IPAQ questionnaire. We statistically analyzed the interrelation between alcohol consumption and target factors. The present study showed a high percentage of at-risk drinkers among male (15.0%) and female medical students (14.9%) in the studied group. Male students reported higher illicit drug use and physical activity than female students, but the at-risk female drinkers' group consumed more drugs than the low-risk female drinkers. Both male and female drinkers engaged in other risky behaviors correlated with drinking (e.g., smoking, low academic performance, and driving a car after drinking). Public health policies, strategies, and interventions should be initiated to reduce alcohol consumption and associated behaviors in medical students.
饮酒是各大学面临的主要公共卫生问题。本研究的目的是调查罗马尼亚医学生的饮酒行为及其相关行为，特别关注性别差异、行为后果和生活方式模式。我们对 722 名医学生（60.4%女性；39.6%男性）进行了横断面研究；参与者填写了一份经过验证的问卷，其中包含与饮酒同时发生的以下项目：吸烟、非法药物使用、能量饮料消费和其他行为性饮酒后果。使用 IPAQ 问卷估计了身体活动。我们对饮酒与目标因素之间的相互关系进行了统计分析。本研究显示，在所研究的群体中，男性（15.0%）和女性医学生（14.9%）中有很高比例的高危饮酒者。与女性学生相比，男性学生报告了更高的非法药物使用和身体活动，但高风险女性饮酒者群体的药物使用量高于低风险女性饮酒者。男性和女性饮酒者都从事与饮酒相关的其他危险行为（例如，吸烟、学业成绩不佳和酒后驾车）。应启动公共卫生政策、战略和干预措施，以减少医学生的饮酒和相关行为。
