Alcohol consumption among medical students

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Abstract

Introduction. Medical students constitute a special social group differing a lot from the other studentship. First, they are professionally aware of the risks associated with bad habits. Second, they will be doctors soon and one of their future functions is to prevent bad habits (both current and potential) among their patients.

The purpose of the study was to analyze alcohol consumption among medical students of different gender depending on socio-psychological factors.

Materials and methods. The analysis was based on the student survey data of the Kuban State Medical University (Krasnodar). The survey used an electronic anonymous questionnaire. A total of one thousand seven hundred thirty two questionnaires have been analyzed (questionnaires completed by males accounted for 24.1% of the total number of questionnaires). Comparisons of shares of individual responses in different groups of respondents have been conducted on the basis of four-field tables using Chi-square criterion, significance level p < 0.05. The relative risk and its confidence interval have been determined.

Results. 37.6% of respondents have not consumed alcohol in the last 12 months. 45.0% of students consume alcohol once per month or less frequently. Every 7th student (14.6%) drinks alcohol 2–3 times a month, and only 1.1% indulge more often (2–3 times a week). The relationship between frequency of alcohol consumption and characteristic features differed by gender.

Research limitations. The analysis was based on the student survey data of the Kuban State Medical University (Krasnodar).

Conclusions. The situation among young students — students of the Medical University, is rather favourable. As the number of years in training increases the share of students who consume alcohol decreases. However, the level of general anxiety is on the rise coupled development of episodes of behaviour in some respondents that raise concern.

Compliance with ethical standards. The data obtained from respondents is depersonalized and requires no the opinion of the local ethics committee. Voluntary consent to participate in the events was obtained from all respondents.

Contribution of the authors:
Alekseenko S.N. — research concept and design;
Gubarev S.V. — collection and processing of research material, text writing, editing;
Zubko A.V. — research concept and design, statistical data processing, text writing and editing;
Sabgaida T.P. — processing of research material, statistical data processing, text writing, editing;
Redko A.N. — research concept and design, collection and processing of research material, editing.
All authors were engaged in final review of the manuscript and are responsible for integrity of its parts.

Acknowledgment. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Received: March 19, 2023 / Accepted: October 18, 2023 / Published: August 29, 2024

About the authors

Sergei N. Alekseenko

Kuban State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: corpus@ksma.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7136-5571

MD, PhD, DSci., Head of the Department of disease prevention, healthy lifestyle and epidemiology of the Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, 350063, Russian Federation

e-mail: corpus@ksma.ru

Russian Federation

Stanislav V. Gubarev

Kuban State Medical University

Email: gubarevsv@ksma.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1144-602X

Senior Lecturer of the Department of public health, health care and history of medicine of the Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, 350063, Russian Federation

e-mail: gubarevsv@ksma.ru

Russian Federation

Alexandr V. Zubko

Russian Research Institute of Health; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: zubko@mednet.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8958-1400

MD, PhD, leading researcher of the Department of public health and demography, Russian Research Institute of Health, Moscow, 127254, Russian Federation; leading researcher, Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation

e-mail: zubko@mednet.ru

Russian Federation

Tamara P. Sabgaida

Russian Research Institute of Health; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: tamara@mednet.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5670-6315

MD, PhD, DSci., Professor, Chief researcher of the Department of public health and demography, Russian Research Institute of Health, Moscow,127254, Russian Federation; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation

e-mail: tamara@mednet.ru

Russian Federation

Andrey N. Redko

Kuban State Medical University

Email: redkoan@ksma.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3454-1599

MD, PhD, DSci., Professor, Head of the Department of public health, health care and history of medicine of the Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, 350063, Russian Federation

e-mail: redkoan@ksma.ru

Russian Federation

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