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Binge drinking and associated factors among school students: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China.

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Objective

To investigate the prevalence and correlating factors of binge drinking among middle and high school students in Zhejiang Province, China.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional study using data from a school-based survey. A total of 23 543 (response rate=97.5%) eligible adolescents from 442 different schools (including middle schools, academic high schools and vocational high schools) were asked to fill in an anonymous self-administered behaviour questionnaire between April and May 2017. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine the associations of sociodemographic and behavioural factors with binge drinking.

Results

The mean (SD) age of participants was 15.6 (1.7) years and 51.3% were boys. The proportions of students from middle schools, academic high schools and vocational high schools were 51.9%, 27.5% and 20.6%, respectively. In total, 22.8% (95% CI 21.6 to 23.9) of students reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days and 9.2% (95% CI 8.5 to 10.0) of students reported binge drinking (defined as drinking four or more alcoholic drinks in 1-2 hours period among girls and five or more alcoholic drinks among boys) during the past month. The prevalence of binge drinking was highest among vocational high school students (17.9% vs 6.3% and 7.7% among middle school and academic high school students, respectively). Older age, studying at high school, poor academic performance, higher levels of physical activity, excessive screen-time, loneliness, insomnia, previous suicide attempt, cigarette smoking, fighting, being bullied and sexual experience were found to be positively associated with adolescent binge drinking.

Conclusions

Binge drinking is common among middle and high school students in Zhejiang, China. Efforts to prevent binge drinking may need to address a cluster of sociodemographic and behavioural factors. Our findings provide information to enable healthcare providers to identify students at high-risk of binge drinking and to inform planning of intervention measures for at-risk students.

SUBMITTER: Wang H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898305 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Binge drinking and associated factors among school students: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China.

Wang Hao H Hu Ruying R Zhong Jieming J Du Huaidong H Fiona Bragg B Wang Meng M Yu Min M

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<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the prevalence and correlating factors of binge drinking among middle and high school students in Zhejiang Province, China.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a cross-sectional study using data from a school-based survey. A total of 23 543 (response rate=97.5%) eligible adolescents from 442 different schools (including middle schools, academic high schools and vocational high schools) were asked to fill in an anonymous self-administered behaviour questionnaire between A ...[more]

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Binge drinking and associated factors among school students: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China.

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