RT Journal Article
T1 Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Use of Health Services in Spanish University Students: UniHcos Project
A1 Romero Rodríguez, Esperanza
A1 Alguacil Ojeda, Juan
A1 Fernández Villa, Tania
AB The aim of the study was to examine the association of alcohol consumption patterns(hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking) and the use of emergency services and primary careconsultations in university students. An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at eleven Spanish universities collaborating within the uniHcos Project. University studentscompleted an online questionnaire that assessed hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking usingthe AUDIT questionnaire and evaluated the use of emergency services and primary care. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed, as well as the chi-squared test and Student’s t-testand nonconditional logistic regression models to examine this association. Results: There were10,167 participants who completed the questionnaire. The prevalence of hazardous alcohol use was16.9% (95% CI: 16.2–17.6), while the prevalence of binge drinking was 48.8% (95% CI: 47.9–49.8).There were significant differences in the use of emergency services in those surveyed with hazardousalcohol use (p < 0.001) or binge drinking pattern (p < 0.001). However, no significant differences wereobserved in terms of attendance during primary care visits in individuals with hazardous alcohol use(p = 0.367) or binge drinking pattern (p = 0.755). The current study shows the association betweenuniversity students with a pattern of hazardous alcohol use or binge drinking and greater use of emergency services. However, no significant association was observed between the said consumptionpatterns and the use of primary care services
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21099
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21099
LA eng
NO Romero-Rodríguez, E., Amezcua-Prieto, C., Morales Suárez-Varela, M., Ayán-Pérez, C., Mateos-Campos, R., Martín-Sánchez, V., Ortíz-Moncada, R., Redondo-Martín, S., Alguacil Ojeda, J., Delgado-Rodríguez, M., Blázquez Abellán, G., Alonso-Molero, J., Cancela-Carral, J. M., Valero Juan, L. F., & Fernández-Villa, T. (2022). Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Use of Health Services in Spanish University Students: UniHcos Project. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 10, p. 6158). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106158
NO This study was funded by the National Drug Plan, Ministry of Health, Social Services, andEquality of Spain (codes 2010|145 and 2013|034) and project PI16/01947
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026