Underage alcohol drinking and medical services use in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the association of underage alcohol drinking with medical consultation and hospitalisation in Hong Kong. Cross-sectional study. Secondary schools in Hong Kong. A total of 33 300 secondary 1 (US grade 7) to secondary 5 students (47.6% boys; mean age 14.6 years, SD 1.6) in 85 randomly selected schools. An anonymous questionnaire was used to obtain information about medical consultation in the past 14 days, hospitalisation in the past 12 months, drinking alcohol, smoking, illicit drug use, physical activity, secondhand smoke exposure, feeling depressed, feeling anxious and sociodemographic characteristics. Drinking alcohol was categorised as non-drinking (reference), <1, 1-2 and 3-7 days/week. Logistic regression yielded adjusted ORs (AORs) of medical consultation and hospitali

SUBMITTER: Wang MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3664344 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature