Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):377-383 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0003

Alcohol consumption in adolescents

Ilona Plevová1,*, Michaela Hlávková2
1 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2 The Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic

Aim: To determine the level of alcohol consumption in a selected group of adolescents.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Methods: The data were obtained using a part of the standardized ESPAD questionnaire for assessing consumption of alcoholic beverages. The sample comprised 422 students from seven secondary schools of different types in the city of Ostrava. For statistical analysis, the chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test (for n ≤ 5) were used. The data were processed using Stata v. 10.

Results: More than half of respondents first tried alcohol before the age of 15. The most frequent alcohol-related problems were unprotected sex, decreased school performance and problems with parents or friends. Incomplete families were found to be an important factor in adolescents preferring and more frequently drinking beer.

Conclusion: The study confirmed results reported by the Europe-wide survey ESPAD, namely that adolescents start to drink alcohol as early as before they turn fifteen.

Keywords: alcohol, adolescent, gender, consumption, family background

Received: April 9, 2015; Accepted: January 13, 2016; Published: March 30, 2016  Show citation

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Plevová I, Hlávková M. Alcohol consumption in adolescents. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2016;7(1):377-383. doi: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0003.
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