Authors

Silvia Portero de la Cruz1, Jesús Cebrino Cruz2

Position

1Enfermera. Máster Oficial en Metodología de la Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (Universidad de Córdoba). Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería. Universidad de Córdoba2Licenciado en Biología. Máster Oficial en Biodiversidad y Biología de la Conservación (Universidad Pablo de Olavide). Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Sevilla

Contact address

Silvia Portero de la Cruz. Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería. Universidad de Córdoba. Avda. Menéndez Pidal, s/n. 14071 Cór

Contact email: n92pocrs@uco.es

Abstract

Objectives: to analyze the relationship between the high-risk use of alcohol and sociodemographical & academic factors among Nursing students from two public universities in Andalusia.
Method: a descriptive, transversal and multicentre study in a sample of 129 Nursing students selected through non-probability convenience sampling. The research tools used were an original and specific questionnaire that collected sociodemographical and academic variables, and the questionnaire for detecting disorders caused by use of alcohol (AUDIT). Descriptive, inferential and multivariate statistics was used.
Results: of the sample, 87.6% were women. The mean age was 20.1 year-old (SD 2.67). There was an 89.1% prevalence of alcohol use. The mean score in the AUDIT questionnaire was lower if the students were living with relatives vs. those who lived with friends (5.67 vs. 7.78, respectively; p< 0.01). For each increase in one year of student age, the mean total AUDIT score was reduced in 0.28 points (p= 0.03). Students living with friends had an increase in the total AUDIT score of 0.26 and 4.16 points (with excellent/ very good or good/acceptable academic achievements, respectively), vs. those living with relatives.
Conclusions: there is a very high prevalence of alcohol use among Nursing students, reaching almost 90%. Besides, drinking in women is considered harmful, and in men it is within the normal range. Finally, being younger and living with friends is associated with high-risk use of alcohol.

Keywords:

Use of alcohol; nursing students; AUDIT; Alcohol dependence; transversal study

Versión en Español

Título:

Evaluación del consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de Enfermería