<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0009_s_368_w2aab3b8b7b1b7b1aab1c15b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>Alcohol/binge drinking among university students has become a major public health problem. Many of young students will be exposed to substantial changes in living arrangements, socialization groups and social activities during the transitional period.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0009_s_370_w2aab3b8b7b1b7b1aab1c15b2Aa"><h3>Aim</h3><p>The aim of this study was to analyse the alcohol consumption in Romanian university students, and to describe the behaviours occurring after drinking.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0009_s_371_w2aab3b8b7b1b7b1aab1c15b3Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional study was conducted on 468 undergraduate students, from a university for medicine and law. Of these students, 35.5% were males and 64.5% were females. The mean age of students was 21.9 ± 3.22 years. Validated anonymous paper questionnaires were completed voluntary by the students. Questionnaires contained demographic items, six questions for determining the level of alcohol consumed in terms of quantity and frequency, and 19 statements or problems resulting from drinking.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0009_s_373_w2aab3b8b7b1b7b1aab1c15b4Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The findings of the study showed that males drunk more units of alcohol /week than females (p &lt; 0.001). The prevalence of abstainers was 10.8% in males and 17.6% in women. Heavy drinkers (drinking 5 or more drinks more than once a week) were more common among male (19.3%) than among female students (16.2%). Most frequently, drinking behaviours are related to academic performance, and the possible link between poor academic performance and alcohol consumption appears tenuous and merits further investigation.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0009_s_374_w2aab3b8b7b1b7b1aab1c15b5Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Effective intervention strategies should be implemented to prevent students’ alcohol consumption and adverse health and social consequences resulting from this behaviour.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundAlcohol/binge drinking among university students has become a major public health problem. Many of young students will be exposed to substantial changes in living arrangements, socialization groups and social activities during the transitional period.AimThe aim of this study was to analyse the alcohol consumption in Romanian university students, and to describe the behaviours occurring after drinking.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 468 undergraduate students, from a university for medicine and law. Of these students, 35.5% were males and 64.5% were females. The mean age of students was 21.9 ± 3.22 years. Validated anonymous paper questionnaires were completed voluntary by the students. Questionnaires contained demographic items, six questions for determining the level of alcohol consumed in terms of quantity and frequency, and 19 statements or problems resulting from drinking.ResultsThe findings of the study showed that males drunk more units of alcohol /week than females (p < 0.001). The prevalence of abstainers was 10.8% in males and 17.6% in women. Heavy drinkers (drinking 5 or more drinks more than once a week) were more common among male (19.3%) than among female students (16.2%). Most frequently, drinking behaviours are related to academic performance, and the possible link between poor academic performance and alcohol consumption appears tenuous and merits further investigation.ConclusionEffective intervention strategies should be implemented to prevent students’ alcohol consumption and adverse health and social consequences resulting from this behaviour.

Drinking Patterns and Behavioral Consequences: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Romanian University Students

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Communitary Health, Louis Pasteur No. 6, 400349 Cluj-Napoca,

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Department of Social Science and History of Medicine, Louis Pasteur No. 6, 400349 Cluj-Napoca,

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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BackgroundAlcohol/binge drinking among university students has become a major public health problem. Many of young students will be exposed to substantial...

Drinking Patterns and Behavioral Consequences: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Romanian University Students

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Mar 10, 2016

Page range: 59 - 66

Received: Dec 19, 2014

Accepted: Oct 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0009

Keywords
students, alcohol consumption, drinking behaviours, Romania

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

Drinking Patterns and Behavioral Consequences: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Romanian University Students

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Mar 10, 2016

Page range: 59 - 66

Received: Dec 19, 2014

Accepted: Oct 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0009

Keywordsstudents, alcohol consumption, drinking behaviours, Romania

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

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

Keywords
students, alcohol consumption, drinking behaviours, Romania