Volume : 6, Issue : 8, August - 2017

A study on Alcohol abuse and students attitude

Dr. R. Ramani, Dr. A. Aravind, Dr. E. Kandasamy Alias Kumar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Back ground</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;">: Alcohol consumption&nbsp; has increased in&nbsp; recent times due to various&nbsp; cultural transformation. It&nbsp; has become a&nbsp; part and parcel of&nbsp; social habits. More and more cases of alcohol induced liver disease start surfacing&nbsp; and&nbsp; thereby causing economic impact on the&nbsp; society. <b>Objective</b>: &nbsp;Identify the prevalence of alcohol consumption among medical students, to assess attitude of students towards alcohol consumption. <b>Materials and methods</b>: A total of 100 students&nbsp; of Government medical college were informed about the proposed survey and asked to fill up questionnaire in an anonymous manner with consent.The data collected were&nbsp; general opinion about consumption of alcohol by students, whether students know abut ill effects of alcohol,&nbsp; frequency of alcohol consumption , amount spent on alcohol consumption. <b>Results </b>: The response rate was 92%. 76(82.6%) felt that students consume alcohol, 88 (95.6%) know about ill effects of alcohol, 12(13.04%) accept that they consume alcohol occasionally, 14(15.2%) consider that consumption of alcohol in small quantities is not bad and 6 (6.5%) accepted &nbsp;that they consume &nbsp;alcohol and spend&nbsp; some money&nbsp; for alcohol &nbsp;regularly. <b>Conclusion</b> : Sizable portion of students feels that students consume alcohol&nbsp; and&nbsp; significant portion&nbsp; consume specific and of alcohol and spend&nbsp; some money&nbsp; .It &nbsp;is advisable to&nbsp; create&nbsp; more awareness among students&nbsp; regarding the health and economical impact of alcohol&nbsp; consumption&nbsp; .</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>