Prevalence of alcohol consumption and its risk factors among university students: A cross-sectional study across six universities in Myanmar

Htet, Hein; Saw, Yu Mon; Saw, Thu Nandar; Htun, Nang Mie Mie; Mon, Khaing Lay; Cho, Su Myat; Thike, Thinzar; Khine, Aye Thazin; Kariya, Tetsuyoshi; Yamamoto, Eiko; Hamajima, Nobuyuki

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“…Although there were a relatively small number (150) of student smokers in our study, we found that smoking correlated positively with the levels of alcohol consumption. Our discovery parallels the reciprocal association between alcohol and tobacco use reported by international colleagues [ 46 ], and in the UK, where there is increased likelihood of students reporting smoking if they also reported high levels of alcohol intake [ 3 ]. The risk-taking culture of university young adults and the long-term health damage due to combined alcohol and smoking provides indication for the need to regulate these activities at universities.…”

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Exploration of Alcohol Consumption Behaviours and Health-Related Influencing Factors of Young Adults in the UK

Bhatti

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Collins

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Hazardous alcohol consumption is ranked above illicit drug use with regards to health deterioration and social and economic burden. This study sought to clarify the factors influencing alcohol consumption and its prevalence in young adults. Demographics, alcohol consumption and lifestyle information were gathered via anonymous questionnaires during 2011–2019, crossing Reading, Surrey and Farnborough universities, UK. Controlling for confounders, a multinomial logistic regression was performed using SAS® 9.4 software. A total of 1440 students (43.5% males, 56.5% females; 54.4% Caucasians) with a mean (SD) age of 19.9 (2.73) were included. Among them, 68.9% consumed alcohol frequently and 31.7% had ≥12 units/week. Statistical analysis revealed that males consumed twice more alcohol than females, odds ratio (OR) 1.67 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.34–2.09), p-value < 0.01. Caucasians consumed up to five times more alcohol than other ethnicities, OR 4.55 (3.57–5.56), p-value < 0.01. Smokers consumed three times more alcohol than non-smokers, OR 2.69 (1.82, 3.99), p-value < 0.01. In general, the levels of alcohol consumption were positively associated with the levels of physical activity, OR 2.00 (1.17–3.42), p-value < 0.05 and negatively associated with recreational sedentary screen-time activities in males, OR 0.31 (0.12–0.86), p-value = 0.03. Focusing alcohol interventions toward Caucasians, smokers and physically active students, particularly males, may guide university strategies to reduce alcohol-related societal harm and risks of morbidity and mortality.

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Exploration of Alcohol Consumption Behaviours and Health-Related Influencing Factors of Young Adults in the UK

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“…Being male was 3 times increased odds of substance use than being women. This nding was in line with several studies conducted elsewhere (5,11,30,31,39,12,19,23,(25)(26)(27)(28)(29). This could be because males are more likely to experiment with things in their life.…”

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“…It was lower than 43% in Jima University (36) and 46.3% in Debre Markos university (31) in Ethiopia. But it was higher than 16.7% in Adigrat University, Ethiopia (37), 17.5% in Nigeria (38), and 20.3% in Myanmar (29). The variation observed between the current and previous studies could be the difference in the sample size, operational de nition used, and the methodology as a whole.…”

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Substance Use among Undergraduate Students at Mizan-Tepi University in Ethiopia: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Its Effect on Health and Academic Performance

Yosef

Getachew

2020

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Background: Worldwide, substance use among undergraduate students is a major public health problem and over 29 million people worldwide suffer from substance-related disorders. The use of substances is a growing concern in Ethiopia, in a particular college and university students are the most at risk of substance use and their impacts on the younger generation have become a great concern. Despite some shreds of evidence are available regarding substance use, the problem is not well studied among these groups of the population. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence, associated factors, and health and academic effects of substance use among undergraduate students at Mizan-Tepi University in Ethiopia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 544 regular undergraduate students of Mizan-Tepi University in Ethiopia. Data were collected using a pre-tested self-administered structured questionnaire. The data analysis was done using SPSS version 20. The level of significance in the multivariable logistic regression analysis was declared at a p-value < 0.05.Results: Of the 544 respondents interviewed, the lifetime and current prevalence of substance use among students in Mizan-Tepi University was 62.5% and 27.9% respectively. The most common reported lifetime and current substance use was alcohol drinking with 42.6% and 23% respectively. The study also found that being male (AOR=3.01, 95% CI [1.64-5.53]), being Muslim (AOR=3.13, 95% CI [1.64-5.96]), from urban residence (AOR=3.12, 95% CI [3.01-5.31]), having divorced/separated parents (AOR=3.08, 95% CI [1.64-5.79]), having family substance use (AOR=7.98, 95% CI [5.52-11.6]) and peer substance use (AOR=4.33, 95% CI [2.68-7.26]) were the factors significantly associated with current substance use.Conclusion: The current prevalence of substance use was substantially higher. We can say that substance use is a public health problem among university students in Ethiopia. Higher education institutions should consider designing programs to control substance use among students to improve their student's health and academic performance. Parents should closely monitor the behavior of their children by communicating with teachers.

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“…Alcohol consumption among school-going adolescents in the United States has been associated with externalizing behaviors such as sensation seeking, conduct problems, and affiliation with delinquent peers while African American ethnicity and internalizing behaviors, such as anxiety, predicted lower alcohol consumption [ 8 ]. In addition findings from a recent study among 15–24-year-old university students in south-east Asia indicate that the prevalence of alcohol consumption is 20.3% and is associated with being male, smoking, peer alcohol consumption, and truancy [ 9 ]. In SSA, surveys among 12–24-year-old students and employed youth in Tanzania (using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and timeline-follow-back-calendar (TLFB) methods), and disadvantaged slum dwellers in Uganda (Cut-Annoyed-Guilty-Eye-Opener (CAGE) questionnaire) showed the prevalence of alcohol use disorders to be in the ranges of 12–47% and 11–50%, respectively [ 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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Epidemiological Findings of Alcohol Misuse and Dependence Symptoms among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Involved in High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Kampala, Uganda

Mayanja

Kamacooko

Bagiire

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Alcohol-related harms may be increased among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) involved in sex work, yet data on alcohol misuse among AGYW in sub-Saharan Africa are still scarce. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 15–24-year-old AGYW from January 2013 to December 2018 in Kampala, Uganda and used the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) to study alcohol use patterns and dependence symptoms (dependence score ≥4). Of 1440 participants (median age 21 years), 83.1% had less than secondary education, 79.8% reported ≥10 paying sexual partners in the past month, 46.0% had ever experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), and 20.6% were living with HIV. Overall, 59.9% scored ≥8 and 29.4% scored ≥16 on the AUDIT. Of 277 (15.8%) with dependence symptoms, 69.1% were screened alcohol dependent. An AUDIT score ≥8 was associated with older age, illicit drug use, experiencing IPV, inconsistent condom use with paying partners, and HIV sero-negativity. All factors remained associated with a higher score ≥16 except HIV status. Similarly, illicit drug use, experiencing IPV and inconsistent condom use were associated with dependence symptoms and, in addition, a higher number of paying sexual partners. Alcohol misuse is high in this population, they urgently need harmful substance use reduction interventions.

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Prevalence of alcohol consumption and its risk factors among university students: A cross-sectional study across six universities in Myanmar

Cited by 42 publications

References 46 publications

Exploration of Alcohol Consumption Behaviours and Health-Related Influencing Factors of Young Adults in the UK

Exploration of Alcohol Consumption Behaviours and Health-Related Influencing Factors of Young Adults in the UK

Substance Use among Undergraduate Students at Mizan-Tepi University in Ethiopia: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Its Effect on Health and Academic Performance

Epidemiological Findings of Alcohol Misuse and Dependence Symptoms among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Involved in High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Kampala, Uganda

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