@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of alcohol consumption and factors associated with binge drinking behavior among adolescents in the state of pernambuco, Brazil, 2016",
journal="Acta scientiarum. Health sciences",
year="2021",
author="Freitas, C.M. and Bezerra, J. and Soares, F.C. and Soares, M.D. and Lima, R.A. and Bezerra, F.G.B. and Barros, M.V.G.",
volume="43",
number="",
pages="1-9",
abstract="To investigate the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the factors associated with binge drinking behavior among adolescents in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. A cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 6,002 adolescents composed of students from public high schools in Pernambuco, Brazil, aged 14 to 19 years. Binge drinking behavior was used as a dependent variable. The following were evaluated as possible risk factors: sociodemographic variables (gender, maternal education, marital status, work, religion); indicators of psychosocial stress (feelings of sadness; suicidal thoughts; feelings of loneliness; friends) and health risk behaviors (physical inactivity; number of sexual partners; drug use; and involvement in fights in the last year). Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR). A total of 6,002 adolescents participated, with 75% reporting having consumed alcoholic beverages at least once in their lives. The prevalence of binge drinking in the last month was 17%. Adolescents without a religion had 81% (95%CI: 1.51; 2.16) more chance of consuming alcohol in excess. Adolescents who felt sad were 29% more likely to binge drink (95%CI: 1.08; 1.54), and adolescents who had already thought about suicide had 41% (95%CI: 1.13; 1.76) more chance to drink excessively. Adolescents who used illicit drugs had 4.6 times the chance (95%CI: 3.51; 6.17) of excessive drinking. Adolescents who engaged in four or more fights during the year were twice as likely to binge drink as those who did not fight (95%CI: 1.36; 2.88). The prevalence of alcohol consumption and binge drinking behavior was high. Sociodemographic factors, psychosocial stress and health risk behaviors were associated with binge drinking. © 2021, Eduem - Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringa. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1679-9291",
doi="10.4025/actascihealthsci.v43i1.52633",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v43i1.52633"
}