TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Prevalence of alcohol consumption and factors associated with binge drinking behavior among adolescents in the state of pernambuco, Brazil, 2016 JO - Acta scientiarum. Health sciences A1 - Freitas, C.M. A1 - Bezerra, J. A1 - Soares, F.C. A1 - Soares, M.D. A1 - Lima, R.A. A1 - Bezerra, F.G.B. A1 - Barros, M.V.G. SP - 1 EP - 9 VL - 43 IS - N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 1679-9291 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v43i1.52633 ID - ref1 ER -