<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0006_s_383_w2aab3b8c10b1b7b1aab1c15b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>Alcohol consumption in Slovenia is one of the highest in Europe. In Slovenia there were a few epidemiological studies on drinking habits among adult population, but none of them has used the AUDIT questionnaire or the Internet for research.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0006_s_385_w2aab3b8c10b1b7b1aab1c15b2Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this study was to analyse the drinking habits of the visitors of our website www.nalijem.si, which included an anonymous questionnaire for self-assessment of alcohol drinking.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0006_s_386_w2aab3b8c10b1b7b1aab1c15b3Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross sectional survey was conducted between January 2010 and December 2013. The front page of our website included an invitation to fill in the anonymous web-based questionnaire; a part of it was the AUDIT 10 questionnaire. Everyone who filled in the questionnaire completely received an individualized feedback on his drinking.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0006_s_388_w2aab3b8c10b1b7b1aab1c15b4Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>54.020 persons visited our website, 15.817 (29.3%) of them started to fill in the questionnaire, 12.800 (80.9%) filled it in completely. In the analysis, 9.087 (71.0%) persons were included who completed the questionnaire for themselves. There were 37.1% (N=3.373) women and 62.9% (N=5.714) men. The average age was 33 years, the majority was employed (59.7%, N=5.222). The minority drank alcohol 2-4 times per month (32.8%, N=2.977) and most of them (64.5%, N=5.869) drank more than 3 units of alcohol per one occasion on a typical day. The average AUDIT 10 score was 11.7 for men, 8.1 for women.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0006_s_389_w2aab3b8c10b1b7b1aab1c15b5Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>A large percentage of participants were identified as hazardous and harmful drinkers, which should be a matter of serious concern.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundAlcohol consumption in Slovenia is one of the highest in Europe. In Slovenia there were a few epidemiological studies on drinking habits among adult population, but none of them has used the AUDIT questionnaire or the Internet for research.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to analyse the drinking habits of the visitors of our website www.nalijem.si, which included an anonymous questionnaire for self-assessment of alcohol drinking.MethodsA cross sectional survey was conducted between January 2010 and December 2013. The front page of our website included an invitation to fill in the anonymous web-based questionnaire; a part of it was the AUDIT 10 questionnaire. Everyone who filled in the questionnaire completely received an individualized feedback on his drinking.Results54.020 persons visited our website, 15.817 (29.3%) of them started to fill in the questionnaire, 12.800 (80.9%) filled it in completely. In the analysis, 9.087 (71.0%) persons were included who completed the questionnaire for themselves. There were 37.1% (N=3.373) women and 62.9% (N=5.714) men. The average age was 33 years, the majority was employed (59.7%, N=5.222). The minority drank alcohol 2-4 times per month (32.8%, N=2.977) and most of them (64.5%, N=5.869) drank more than 3 units of alcohol per one occasion on a typical day. The average AUDIT 10 score was 11.7 for men, 8.1 for women.ConclusionsA large percentage of participants were identified as hazardous and harmful drinkers, which should be a matter of serious concern.

The Drinking Habits of Users of an Alcohol Drinking Screening Website in Slovenia

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana,

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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PIVSKE NAVADE UPORABNIKOV SPLETNE STRANI, UGOTOVLJENE Z VPRAŠALNIKOM O PITJU ALKOHOLA V SLOVENIJI

BackgroundAlcohol consumption in Slovenia is one of the highest in Europe. In Slovenia there were a few epidemiological studies on drinking habits among adult...

The Drinking Habits of Users of an Alcohol Drinking Screening Website in Slovenia

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Mar 10, 2016

Page range: 36 - 42

Received: Jun 18, 2015

Accepted: Sep 14, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0006

Keywords
websites, anonymous AUDIT questionnaires, personalized feedbacks

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Drinking Habits of Users of an Alcohol Drinking Screening Website in Slovenia

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Mar 10, 2016

Page range: 36 - 42

Received: Jun 18, 2015

Accepted: Sep 14, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0006

Keywordswebsites, anonymous AUDIT questionnaires, personalized feedbacks

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
websites, anonymous AUDIT questionnaires, personalized feedbacks