Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans

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dc.contributor.authorMason-Jones, Amanda Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCabieses, Bálticaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-28T06:46:24Z
dc.date.available2015-12-28T06:46:24Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractObjective To explore the link between alcohol use, binge drinking and mental health problems in a representative sample of adolescent and young adult Chileans. METHODS: Age and sex-adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) for four mental wellbeing measures were estimated with separate conditional logistic regression models for adolescents aged 15-20 years, and young adults aged 21-25 years, using population-based estimates of alcohol use prevalence rates from the Chilean National Health Survey 2010. RESULTS: Sixty five per cent of adolescents and 85% of young adults reported drinking alcohol in the last year and of those 83% per cent of adolescents and 86% of young adults reported binge drinking in the previous month. Adolescents who reported binging alcohol were also more likely, compared to young adults, to report being always or almost always depressed (OR 12.97 [95% CI, 1.86-19.54]) or to feel very anxious in the last month (OR 9.37 [1.77-19.54]). Adolescent females were more likely to report poor life satisfaction in the previous year than adolescent males (OR 8.50 [1.61-15.78]), feel always or almost always depressed (OR 3.41 [1.25-9.58]). Being female was also associated with a self-reported diagnosis of depression for both age groups (adolescents, OR 4.74 [1.49-15.08] and young adults, OR 4.08 [1.65-10.05]). CONCLUSION: Young people in Chile self-report a high prevalence of alcohol use, binge drinking and associated mental health problems. The harms associated with alcohol consumption need to be highlighted through evidence-based prevention programs. Health and education systems need to be strengthened to screen and support young people. Focussing on policy initiatives to limit beverage companies targeting alcohol to young people will also be needed.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMason-Jones, A. J., & Cabieses, B. (2015). Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16020en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMason-Jones, Amanda J, and Báltica Cabieses "Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans." <i>PLoS One</i> (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16020en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMason-Jones, A. J., & Cabieses, B. (2015). Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans. PLoS one, 10, e0121116. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121116en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Mason-Jones, Amanda J AU - Cabieses, Báltica AB - Objective To explore the link between alcohol use, binge drinking and mental health problems in a representative sample of adolescent and young adult Chileans. METHODS: Age and sex-adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) for four mental wellbeing measures were estimated with separate conditional logistic regression models for adolescents aged 15-20 years, and young adults aged 21-25 years, using population-based estimates of alcohol use prevalence rates from the Chilean National Health Survey 2010. RESULTS: Sixty five per cent of adolescents and 85% of young adults reported drinking alcohol in the last year and of those 83% per cent of adolescents and 86% of young adults reported binge drinking in the previous month. Adolescents who reported binging alcohol were also more likely, compared to young adults, to report being always or almost always depressed (OR 12.97 [95% CI, 1.86-19.54]) or to feel very anxious in the last month (OR 9.37 [1.77-19.54]). Adolescent females were more likely to report poor life satisfaction in the previous year than adolescent males (OR 8.50 [1.61-15.78]), feel always or almost always depressed (OR 3.41 [1.25-9.58]). Being female was also associated with a self-reported diagnosis of depression for both age groups (adolescents, OR 4.74 [1.49-15.08] and young adults, OR 4.08 [1.65-10.05]). CONCLUSION: Young people in Chile self-report a high prevalence of alcohol use, binge drinking and associated mental health problems. The harms associated with alcohol consumption need to be highlighted through evidence-based prevention programs. Health and education systems need to be strengthened to screen and support young people. Focussing on policy initiatives to limit beverage companies targeting alcohol to young people will also be needed. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0121116 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans TI - Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16020 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16020
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121116
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMason-Jones AJ, Cabieses B. Alcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileans. PLoS One. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16020.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentWomen's Health Research Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2015 Mason-Jones, Cabiesesen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_ZA
dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAlcohol consumptionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAdolescentsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherYoung adultsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMental health and psychiatryen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAlcoholismen_ZA
dc.subject.otherDepressionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHealth surveysen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAge groupsen_ZA
dc.titleAlcohol, binge drinking and associated mental health problems in young urban Chileansen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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