@article{ref1,
title="Increased Prevalence of Problematic Alcohol Consumption in University Students",
journal="Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie",
year="2009",
author="Bailer, J. and Stübinger, Cornelia and Dressing, Harald and Gass, Peter and Rist, Fred and Kühner, Christine",
volume="59",
number="9-10",
pages="376-379",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence rates of problematic alcohol consumption in students and in the general population. METHODS: A sample of students (n=1 115) and a population sample (n=631) were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ). The PHQ probes for problematic alcohol consumption with five questions. An &quot;alcohol syndrome&quot; is suspected if at least one of these indicators is present. RESULTS: The alcohol syndrome was present more frequently among students than in the population sample (30,1% versus 8,1%). The odds ratio, adjusted for age, gender and education, was OR=3,7. However, when the five indicators were analysed separately, only two of them were significantly more frequent in students than in the comparison sample. Both indicate a neglect of duties as a consequence of alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS: Intervention strategies aimed at students' alcohol consumption should focus on binge drinking and the risks associated with this problematic form of alcohol consumption.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0937-2032",
doi="10.1055/s-0029-1215596",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1215596"
}