Jamatia Biplab
School of Health Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2022 Oct-Dec;47(4):618-621. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_260_22. Epub 2022 Dec 14.
Early initiation of alcohol use among adolescents can provide a useful indication of the potential future burden among adults including increased risk for academic failure, mental health problems, antisocial behavior, physical illness, risky sexual behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, early onset dementia, and the development of alcohol use disorders. The objective of this study is to measure the prevalence of alcohol consumption and illegal drug use among adolescent students studying in class ninth to eleventh standard in English medium private schools in Tripura, India.
A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in faith based English medium private schools of two selected subdivisions of Tripura, India. Students of class ninth to eleventh standard were selected for this current study. A validated questionnaire was used to find out the prevalence of alcohol and illegal drug intake.
A total of 565 (boys = 308, girls = 257) students participated in this study from four schools. The prevalence of alcohol intake (ever) among adolescent students was 28.2% [95% confidence interval (CI) 24.6-32.1]. The adolescent students of 1.7% (95% CI 0.9-3.1) consumed alcohol once a week in the past 6 months. It was observed that 4.2% (95% CI 2.8-6.3) of adolescents use illegal drugs. The study participants of 12.7% (95% CI 10.2-15.8) reported having close friends who were using illegal drugs.
Significant percentages of adolescent students were involved in alcohol intake (ever) and use of illegal drugs.
青少年过早开始饮酒可为未来成年人潜在负担提供有用指标，包括学业失败、心理健康问题、反社会行为、身体疾病、危险性行为、性传播疾病、早发性痴呆以及酒精使用障碍发展的风险增加。本研究的目的是测量印度特里普拉邦以英语授课的私立学校九年级至十一年级青少年学生的饮酒和非法药物使用情况。
在印度特里普拉邦两个选定分区的基于信仰的英语授课私立学校开展了一项横断面描述性研究。本研究选取了九年级至十一年级的学生。使用经过验证的问卷来查明酒精和非法药物摄入情况。
共有来自四所学校的565名学生（男生 = 308名，女生 = 257名）参与了本研究。青少年学生中曾经饮酒的比例为28.2%[95%置信区间（CI）24.6 - 32.1]。在过去6个月中，1.7%（95%CI 0.9 - 3.1）的青少年学生每周饮酒一次。观察到4.2%（95%CI 2.8 - 6.3）的青少年使用非法药物。12.7%（95%CI 10.2 - 15.8）的研究参与者报告称有使用非法药物的亲密朋友。
相当比例的青少年学生曾饮酒并使用非法药物。
