A Cross Sectional Study of Alcohol Abuse among Medical Students in Upums Etawah

Vaibhav  Singh; Dhiraj Kumar  Srivastava; Pankaj Kumar Jain; Nawazish  Ali; Nishant  Singh; Abhinav  Gangwar

doi:10.5455/njcm.20200709062116

Authors

Vaibhav Singh Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Etawah
Dhiraj Kumar Srivastava Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Etawah
Pankaj Kumar Jain Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Etawah
Nawazish Ali Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Etawah
Nishant Singh Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Etawah
Abhinav Gangwar Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Etawah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/njcm.20200709062116

Keywords:

Alcohol, abuse, students, consumption

Abstract

Introduction: Alcohol abuse among medical students has important implication. This study was conducted to determine prevalence of alcohol abuse in undergraduates of medical students and to determine the characteristics of alcohol drinking behaviour and to assess the effect on their academic performance.

Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted on undergraduate MBBS students of UPUMS, using a self administered questionnaire. A total of 250 students of MBBS 2^nd and 3^rd year students were included in the study using purposive sampling, during November & December 2019. Data entry and data analysis were done using SPSS version 23.

Results: The proportion of alcohol consumption in males were 48% and 6.7% in females and the most common reason for initiation of drinking alcohol was curiosity (43.6%). The association between gender and alcohol intake and also the association between binge drinking and drink and drive were found significant.

Conclusion: This Study shows the high risk taking behaviour that are taken after drinking, that need to be curtailed by health education and motivation.

References

Collier D J, Beales I L B. Drinking among medical students: a questionnaire survey. BMJ.1 JULY 1989; 299:19-21

Dhupdale N Y,Motahare D D ,Ferreira AM A,Prasad Y D.prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption in rural goa, Indian Journal of Community Medicine .31(2), April - June, 2006

Kumar S , Singh B.Alcohol consumption among under-graduate MBBS students in RIMS, IMPHAL.IJSR,4(3) March 2015.www.ijsr.net

Chaudhary V,Katyal R,Singh SP,Joshi SH,Upadhyay D, Singh A. A study on pattern of alcohol use using AUDIT among the college students in a medical college of North India. Ntl J of Community Med. 2015; 6(2):120-124.

Singh A et al. A cross sectional study on tobacco and alco-hol abuse among medical college students Int J Community Med Public Health. 2017 Sep;4(9):3372-3375

Shekhawat K S et al. Prevalence of Alcoholism and Related Problems in Medical and Paramedical Students Measured Using Shorter Version of Alcohol Use Disorder Identifica-tion Test. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2018; 12(7): 14-17

Thilakan VC, Rasania SK. Alcohol use among in-patients of a medical college hospital in Delhi. Indian J Psychiatry 2013;55:405-7

Goel N et al. Alcohol and tobacco use among undergradu-ate and postgraduate medical students in India.Central Asian journal of Public Health.2015;4(1):1-9

Eashwar V M, Gopalakrishnan S, Umadevi R, Geetha A. Pattern of alcohol consumption and its associated morbidi-ty among alcohol consumers in an urban area of Tamil Na-du. J Family Med Prim Care 2019;8:2029-35