Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule

Background: Teenagers and university students are an especially vulnerable population towards unhealthy alcohol consumption Aim: To assess the actual consumption of alcohol among medical students at the Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile (UCM). Material and Methods: A cross sectional study of stu...

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Autores principales: Latorres,María, Huidobro,Andrea
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720120009000062013-01-02Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del MauleLatorres,MaríaHuidobro,Andrea Alcohol drinking Questionnaires Students medical Background: Teenagers and university students are an especially vulnerable population towards unhealthy alcohol consumption Aim: To assess the actual consumption of alcohol among medical students at the Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile (UCM). Material and Methods: A cross sectional study of students who entered medical school between years 2004 and 2010.We applied CAGE questionnaire along with questions about frequency of alcohol consumption. Results: From a universe of 317students, 216 (age range 17-27 years, 54% females) answered the survey (68.8%), 64.2% admitted to consume alcohol and 6% had alcohol dependence. Seventy three percent of the alcohol drinkers were males. Conclusions: The prevalence of alcohol consumption in medical students of the UCM is significantly lower than the prevalence in students of another University surveyed in 2005 (74%) and it is similar to the national statistics. Alcohol consumption was higher in men that in women.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.140 n.9 20122012-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000900006es10.4067/S0034-98872012000900006
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Latorres,María
Huidobro,Andrea
Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule
description Background: Teenagers and university students are an especially vulnerable population towards unhealthy alcohol consumption Aim: To assess the actual consumption of alcohol among medical students at the Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile (UCM). Material and Methods: A cross sectional study of students who entered medical school between years 2004 and 2010.We applied CAGE questionnaire along with questions about frequency of alcohol consumption. Results: From a universe of 317students, 216 (age range 17-27 years, 54% females) answered the survey (68.8%), 64.2% admitted to consume alcohol and 6% had alcohol dependence. Seventy three percent of the alcohol drinkers were males. Conclusions: The prevalence of alcohol consumption in medical students of the UCM is significantly lower than the prevalence in students of another University surveyed in 2005 (74%) and it is similar to the national statistics. Alcohol consumption was higher in men that in women.
author Latorres,María
Huidobro,Andrea
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Huidobro,Andrea
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title Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule
title_short Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule
title_full Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule
title_fullStr Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule
title_full_unstemmed Prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad Católica del Maule
title_sort prevalencia de consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la facultad de medicina en la universidad católica del maule
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2012
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000900006
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