Background
Methods
Setting
Design
Data collection
Socio-economic characteristics
University curriculum
Practice of sport
Assessment of alcohol use
Assessment of binge drinking
Assessment of consumption of alcohol except binge drinking
Alcohol abuse problems
Assessment of other substance use
Risk of cyberaddiction
Stress and depression
Sleep duration
Statistical analysis
Results
Baseline characteristics of the study population
Never BD (n = 1146) | Occasional BD (n = 1686) | Frequent BD (n = 454) | Total (n = 3286) |
p
| |
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Age years mean (SD) | 20.5 (2.5) | 20.4 (2.1) | 20.6 (1.9) | 20.5 (2.2) | 0.80 |
Male gender (%) | 24.2 | 37.6 | 64.4 | 36.6 | <.0001 |
Student job holder (%) | 20.9 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 0.89 |
Study grant holder (%) | 41.7 | 31.3 | 24.6 | 34.0 | <.0001 |
Students living (%) | <.0001 | ||||
At parents | 32.6 | 29.4 | 63.8 | 50.1 | |
In rented accommodation | 42.2 | 52.0 | 23.1 | 29.7 | |
On campus | 25.2 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 20.2 | |
Living in couples (%) | 13.9 | 12.8 | 8.9 | 12.6 | 0.01 |
Curriculum (%) | <.0001 | ||||
Technology | 13.5 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 13.0 | |
Mixed university group | 42.1 | 31.8 | 25.9 | 35.1 | |
Business School | 6.2 | 14.9 | 34.8 | 14.3 | |
Engineering | 17.8 | 20.1 | 15.1 | 18.3 | |
Health Care | 20.4 | 20.8 | 11.3 | 19.3 | |
Academic year of study (%) | 0.31 | ||||
1 | 48.3 | 46.8 | 45.5 | 47.0 | |
2 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.3 | |
3 | 16.7 | 20.3 | 17.3 | 16.9 | |
>3 | 20.6 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 19.8 | |
Age at first episode of drunkeness mean (SD) | 17.1 (1.8) | 16.7 (1.7) | 15.8 (1.7) | 16.6 (1.6) | 0.29 |
Regular practice of sport (%) | 57.0 | 64.4 | 72.4 | 63.0 | 0.001 |
Length of sleep ≤7 h (%) | 43.5 | 46.7 | 54.2 | 46.6 | 0.001 |
Depressiona (%) | 0.003 | ||||
No | 51.3 | 53.4 | 60.3 | 53.2 | |
Low | 23.9 | 28.9 | 19.9 | 26.0 | |
Moderate and severe | 24.8 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 20.8 | |
Perceived Stress Scale (SD) | 16.3 (7.4) | 15.3 (7.2) | 14.7 (7.0) | 15.6 (7.3) | 0.001 |
Smoker (%) | 8.0 | 26.7 | 45.0 | 22.9 | <.0001 |
Occasional cannabis user (%) | 14.3 | 47.0 | 75.3 | 39.8 | <.0001 |
Alcohol abuse problems (%) | 6.6 | 29.0 | 66.5 | 26.6 | <.0001 |
Risk of cyberaddiction (%) | 22.7 | 25.9 | 30.5 | 25.4 | 0.008 |
Prevalence of binge drinking, alcohol consumption and alcohol abuse problems
Characteristics of binge drinking and associated behaviours
Never BD (Ref) | Occasional BD | Frequent BD | |||
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AOR (95 % CI) |
p
| AOR (95 % CI) |
p
| ||
Male gender | 1 | 1.76 (1.42–2.18) | <.0001 | 4.77 (3.43–6.63) | <.0001 |
Study grant holder | 1 | 0.78 (0.64–0.95) | 0.01 | 0.66 (0.48–0.92) | 0.01 |
Students living | 1 | ||||
At parents | 1 | 1 | |||
In rented accommodation | 1.14 (0.91–1.41) | 0.24 | 1.70 (1.21–2.40) | 0.002 | |
On campus | 0.81 (0.62–1.06) | 0.13 | 0.81 (0.51–1.29) | 0.37 | |
Living in couples | 1 | 0.80 (0.60–1.07) | 0.13 | 0.44 (0.27–0.73) | 0.02 |
Curriculum | 1 | ||||
Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
Mixed university group | 0.83 (0.62–1.12) | 0.24 | 0.67 (0.42–1.08) | 0.10 | |
Business School | 2.24 (1.50–3.36) | <.0001 | 4.72 (2.76–8.08) | <.0001 | |
Engineering | 1.50 (1.08–2.11) | 0.02 | 1.35 (0.79–2.31) | 0.27 | |
Health Care | 1.06 (0.76–1.48) | 0.72 | 0.68 (0.40–1.17) | 0.16 | |
Regular practice of sport | 1 | 1.24 (1.02–1.50) | 0.03 | 1.70 (1.24–2.34) | 0.001 |
Length of sleep ≤7 h | 1 | 0.98 (0.90–1.18) | 0.80 | 1.02 (0.76–1.37) | 0.91 |
Perceived Stress Scale | 1 | 0.75 (0.62–0.91) | 0.004 | 0.72 (0.53–0.97) | 0.04 |
Smoker | 1 | 2.69 (2.00–3.63) | <.0001 | 5.89 (4.03–8.60) | <.0001 |
Occasional cannabis user | 1 | 4.45 (3.52–5.61) | <.0001 | 12.66 (8.97–17.87) | <.0001 |
Alcohol abuse problems | 1 | 4.39 (3.19–6.04) | <.0001 | 19.25 (13.4–27.72) | <.0001 |
Risk of cyberaddiction | 1 | 1.06 (0.85–1.33) | 0.59 | 1.27 (0.91–1.76) | 0.16 |