PMID: 18720748Aug 30, 2008Paper

Frequency of alcohol use among elementary school pupils at Belgrade Territory

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Zorana Pavlović, Branko Jakovljević

Abstract

Alcoholism is one of the most frequent modern diseases. These kinds of epidemiological studies have not been carried out in this country at a global level. The aim of the study was to establish the spread of alcohol abuse among the young regarding the sex, and find the connection between the alcohol abuse and the consumption of drugs and cigarettes. The study was carried out among the elementary school pupils of the seventh and eighth grade in the area of Belgrade from October 2003 to January 2004. Total of 457 pupils were involved; 229 (50.1%) were boys and 228 (49.9%) girls, aged 12-15 years, the average age being 13.4 years. The method used was the modified questionnaire European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, which the pupils filled in individually, voluntarily and anonymously. Chi2-test, Student's t-test, Mann-Whitney Logistic Regression Test were used in statistical processing of the data. Almost 70% of the examinees have tried alcohol. Most of the examinees had the first contact with alcohol at the age of 11. Half of our examinees got drunk at least once in their life and about one fifth more than 20 times. The binge form of Consumption (five or more drinks in a row) was evident in a quarter of our exa...Continue Reading

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Dec 3, 2009·Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo·Nebojsa DespotovićMladen Davidović

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