Hoff Thilo A, Heller Sebastian, Reichel Jennifer L, Werner Antonia M, Schäfer Markus, Tibubos Ana Nanette, Simon Perikles, Beutel Manfred E, Letzel Stephan, Rigotti Thomas, Dietz Pavel
Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Dec 16;11(24):3182. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11243182.
(1) Background: Cigarette smoking, risky alcohol consumption, and marijuana smoking are the most common behaviors related to legal and illicit drug use worldwide, including among university students. To plan effective evidence-based programs to prevent the risky consumption of these substances among university students, the present study aimed to identify potential sociodemographic and study-related risk groups and predictors of consumption. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional online health survey with approximately 270 health-related items was conducted among students at the University of Mainz, Germany. Cigarette smoking, risky alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C score: female ≥ 4, male ≥ 5), and marijuana smoking were chosen as dependent variables. Of the 270 health-related items, 56 were chosen as independent variables and collated into five groups (sociodemographic, psychological, study-related psychosocial, general psychosocial and health behavior). The prevalence of cigarette smoking, risky alcohol consumption, and marijuana smoking was assessed using established and validated instruments. Pearson's chi-square test was used to analyze the differences in prevalence between the sociodemographic and study-related groups, and binary logistic regression was used for analyses with stepwise inclusion of the five variable groups. (3) Results: Of the 3991 university students who entered the analyses, 14.9% reported smoking cigarettes, 38.6% reported risky alcohol consumption, and 10.9% reported smoking marijuana. The prevalence of these differed between genders, fields of study, and aspired degree level, among other factors. Binary logistic regression analyses revealed nine significant predictors ( ≤ 0.05) of cigarette smoking (Nagelkerke R = 0.314), 18 significant predictors of risky alcohol consumption (Nagelkerke R = 0.270), and 16 significant predictors of marijuana smoking (Nagelkerke R = 0.239). (4) Conclusions: This study showed cigarette smoking, risky alcohol consumption, and marijuana smoking among university students in Germany to be associated with multiple factors, especially health behaviors. Furthermore, each of the substances was highly associated with each of the two other substances we examined. Other variable groups, such as psychological or psychosocial variables, seemed to play a rather minor role. Therefore, our recommendation for future prevention programs is that substance use among university students should be addressed as a whole, not just in terms of specific substances.
(1)背景:吸烟、危险饮酒和吸食大麻是全球范围内与合法及非法药物使用相关的最常见行为,大学生群体中亦是如此。为规划有效的循证项目以预防大学生中这些物质的危险消费,本研究旨在确定潜在的社会人口统计学和与学习相关的风险群体以及消费的预测因素。(2)方法:在德国美因茨大学的学生中开展了一项包含约270个与健康相关条目的横断面在线健康调查。将吸烟、危险饮酒(AUDIT - C评分:女性≥4,男性≥5)和吸食大麻选为因变量。在这270个与健康相关的条目中,选取56个作为自变量,并整理为五组(社会人口统计学、心理、与学习相关的心理社会、一般心理社会和健康行为)。使用既定且经过验证的工具评估吸烟、危险饮酒和吸食大麻的患病率。采用Pearson卡方检验分析社会人口统计学和与学习相关群体之间患病率的差异,并使用二元逻辑回归对五个变量组逐步纳入进行分析。(3)结果:在纳入分析的3991名大学生中,14.9%的学生报告吸烟,38.6%的学生报告危险饮酒,10.9%的学生报告吸食大麻。这些行为的患病率在性别、研究领域和期望学位水平等因素之间存在差异。二元逻辑回归分析揭示了吸烟的9个显著预测因素(≤0.05)(Nagelkerke R = 0.314)、危险饮酒的18个显著预测因素(Nagelkerke R = 0.270)和吸食大麻的16个显著预测因素(Nagelkerke R = 0.239)。(4)结论:本研究表明,德国大学生中的吸烟、危险饮酒和吸食大麻与多种因素相关,尤其是健康行为。此外,我们所研究的每种物质都与其他两种物质高度相关。其他变量组,如心理或心理社会变量,似乎作用较小。因此,我们对未来预防项目的建议是,应将大学生中的物质使用作为一个整体来对待,而不仅仅是针对特定物质。