@article{ref1,
title="Risk factors for hazardous drinking in university students from South Africa and Belgium: a cross-cultural comparison study",
journal="African health sciences",
year="2021",
author="Inaç, Yasemin and Larivière, Ynke and Hoque, Muhammad and Van Hal, Guido",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="123-131",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Previous studies have associated certain risk factors with hazardous drinking in students. However, big cultural and geographical differences exist regarding alcohol use. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To determine whether or not there was a difference in hazardous drinking between Belgian and South African university students and to establish the risk factors that contribute to hazardous drinking in university students (calculated using the AUDIT-C) from a developing country (South Africa) and a developed country (Belgium). <br><br>METHODS: An online survey assessing hazardous drinking among university students in South Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal, UKZN) and Belgium (University of Antwerp, UoA) was conducted, using the shortened version of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT-C). Risk factors in males and females for hazardous drinking were explored using multivariate logistic regression analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: In total, 499 students were included in the study (250 UoA and 249 UKZN students). A significant higher amount of male (94.8%) as well as female (92.4%) UoA students drank alcohol in the last year compared to the male (66.2%) and female (67.8%) UKZN students (p<0.001). Additionally, a significant higher amount of UoA students were hazardous drinkers, compared to the UKZN students (p<0.001). Multivaiate analysis showed that male UoA students were almost 6 times more likely to be hazardous drinkers than male UKZN students (OR=5.611, p=0.005). Female UoA students were more than twice as likely to be hazardous drinkers than female UKZN students (OR=2.371, p=0.016). <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study found a significant difference in hazardous drinking between Belgian and South African university students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1680-6905",
doi="10.4314/ahs.v21i1.17",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i1.17"
}