Zenic Natasa, Kvesic Ivan, Corluka Mate, Trivic Tatjana, Drid Patrik, Saavedra Jose M, Foretic Nikola, Modric Toni, Gilic Barbara
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Children (Basel). 2023 Jun 15;10(6):1065. doi: 10.3390/children10061065.
Alcohol drinking is an important health-related problem and one of the major risk factors for a wide array of non-communicable diseases, while there is a lack of studies investigating environment-specific associations between sports participation and alcohol drinking in adolescence. This study prospectively investigated the relationship between sports factors (i.e., participation in sports and competitive achievement), with the prevalence of harmful alcohol drinking (HD), and HD initiation in 14-to-16 years old adolescents from Bosnia and Herzegovina ( = 641, 337 females, 43% living in rural community). Participants were tested over 4-time points divided by approximately 6 months, from the beginning of high school to the end of the second grade. Variables included gender, factors related to sport participation, a community of residence (urban or rural), and outcome: alcohol consumption was assessed by the AUDIT questionnaire. Results evidenced that the prevalence of HD increased over the study period from 6 to 19%, with no significant differences between urban and rural youth. Logistic regression for HD as criterion evidenced adolescents who participated in sports and then quit as being at particular risk for drinking alcohol at the study baseline. Sports factors were not correlated with HD initiation in the period between 14 and 16 years of age. It seems that the problem of alcohol drinking should be preventively targeted in all youth, irrespective of living environment. Although sports participation was not evidenced as being a factor of influence on HD initiation, results highlight the necessity of developing targeted preventive campaigns against alcohol drinking for adolescents who quit sports.
饮酒是一个与健康相关的重要问题，也是一系列非传染性疾病的主要危险因素之一，然而，目前缺乏针对青少年体育活动与饮酒之间特定环境关联的研究。本研究前瞻性地调查了来自波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的14至16岁青少年（n = 641，337名女性，43%生活在农村社区）的体育因素（即参与体育活动和竞技成绩）与有害饮酒（HD）患病率及HD起始情况之间的关系。参与者从高中开始到二年级结束，在大约6个月划分的4个时间点接受测试。变量包括性别、与体育参与相关的因素、居住社区（城市或农村）以及结果：通过酒精使用障碍识别测试（AUDIT）问卷评估饮酒情况。结果表明，在研究期间，HD患病率从6%上升至19%，城乡青年之间无显著差异。以HD为标准的逻辑回归表明，在研究基线时，参与体育活动然后退出的青少年饮酒风险特别高。在14至16岁期间，体育因素与HD起始情况无关。似乎无论生活环境如何，所有青少年的饮酒问题都应作为预防目标。虽然体育参与未被证明是影响HD起始的一个因素，但结果凸显了为退出体育活动的青少年开展有针对性的预防饮酒宣传活动的必要性。
