Binge drinking in Brazilian adolescents

Results of a National Household Survey

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ID5166992
AutoresPollyanna Fausta Pimentel De Medeiros (0000-0003-1679-5330, Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Juliana Y Valente (0000-0003-4408-2952, Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Leandro Fórnias Machado De Rezende (0000-0002-7469-1399, Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Zila M Sanchez (0000-0002-7427-7956, Universidade Federal de São Paulo)
Año2022
Volumen38
Número12
Páginase00077322-e00077322
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311xen077322
PMID36651418
OpenAlexW4316088317
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2022001206001
IdiomaNL
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas5

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of binge drinking and other alcohol consumption patterns and analyze the sociodemographic characteristics associated with binge drinking among Brazilian adolescents aged 15 to 17 years. A cross-sectional household survey including 2,315 adolescents from the 2019 Brazilian National Health Survey who answered a questionnaire on alcohol consumption (weekly frequency, average amount consumed in a drinking day, and binge drinking). A descriptive analysis of alcohol consumption by sociodemographic characteristics and a multivariable logistic regression model were performed. The prevalence of binge drinking (past 30 days) was 8.1% (95%CI: 6.2-10.3). Adolescents who did not attend school (OR = 2.8; 95%CI: 1.6-5.0) had greater odds of binge drinking than adolescents attending school. Higher socioeconomic status (measured via wealth score) was also associated with higher odds of binge drinking compared with lower socioeconomic status (e.g., 5th quintile vs. 1st quintile: OR = 2.9; 95%CI: 1.1-7.7). Girls had lower odds of binge drinking (OR = 0.5; 95%CI: 0.2-0.8) than boys. The prevalence of binge drinking among adolescents, especially boys, who did not attend school and had higher socioeconomic status was high. Monitoring alcohol consumption patterns in adolescents may provide important information on policies or actions to prevent binge drinking

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Binge drinking · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Monitoring the Future · Odds · Odds ratio · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Substance abuse · Demography · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Youth, Drugs, and Violence