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- - The study aimed to analyze factors related to heavy alcohol use among students aged 10 to 18 in 27 Brazilian cities, using data from 2004 collected via a self-report questionnaire from over 48,000 students.
- - Results indicated that 8.9% of students reported heavy drinking, with poorer relationships with both parents being linked to increased alcohol use, while practicing a religion showed a protective effect.
- - The findings suggest that fostering better family relationships and encouraging religious practices could help reduce alcohol abuse among students, although other factors like sports participation and mothers being perceived as 'liberal' did not show significant connections.
Article Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the association between heavy use of alcohol among students and family, personal and social factors.
Methods: Cross-sectional study including public school students aged ten to 18 from 27 Brazilian capital cities in 2004. Data was collected using an anonymous, self-report questionnaire that was adapted from a World Health Organization instrument. A representative sample comprising 48,155 students was stratified by census tracts and clusters (schools). The associations between heavy alcohol use and the factors studied were analyzed using logistic regression at a 5% significance level.
Results: Of all students, 4,286 (8.9%) reported heavy alcohol use in the month prior to the interview. The logistic regression analysis showed an association between fair or poor relationship with the father (OR = 1.46) and the mother (OR = 1.61) and heavy use of alcohol. Following a religion (OR = 0.83) was inversely associated with heavy alcohol consumption. Sports practice and mother perceived as a 'liberal' person had no significance in the model. However, a higher prevalence of heavy use of alcohol was seen among working students.
Conclusions: Stronger family ties and religion may help preventing alcohol abuse among students.
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