scholarly journals BMI, physical inactivity, cigarette and alcohol consumption in female nursing students: a 5-year comparison

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Lehmann ◽  
Katharina von Lindeman ◽  
Jörg Klewer ◽  
Joachim Kugler
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Physical Inactivity

scholarly journals Consumo de álcool entre estudantes de enfermagem Alcohol consumption among nursing students

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Marjorie Ester Dias Maciel ◽  
Divane De Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Objetivo : Avaliar o consumo de álcool em estudantes de enfermagem em uma instituição privada no interior do Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul. Método :Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo de abordagem quantitativa. Utilizou-se o Teste de identificação do uso de álcool AUDIT- C. Resultados: A amostra foi composta por 163 alunos, predominantemente do sexo feminino (65,6%), com idade entre 18 e 46 anos, média de 23,9 anos. Dos participantes 48,5% consumiam em níveis de risco e 19 % uso nocivo. Constatou-se que os estudantes solteiros apresentaram mais chances de consumir bebidas alcoólicas em nível de risco, além disso, quanto mais jovem e em semestres iniciais do curso maiores são chances dos estudantes serem classificados nesse padrão de uso. Não houve diferenças de padrão de consumo entre os sexos. Conclusão: A implantação de estratégias de prevenção para consumo de risco no âmbito universitário torna-se de fundamental importância.

scholarly journals The burden of disease preventable by risk factor reduction in Serbia

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Sipetic ◽  
Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic ◽  
Hristina Vlajinac ◽  
Jelena Marinkovic ◽  
Slavenka Jankovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Blood Cholesterol ◽  
Years Of Life Lost ◽  
High Blood Cholesterol ◽  
Avoidable Risk

Background/Aim. Reliable and comparable analysis of health risks is an important component of evidence-based and preventive programs. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of the most relevant avoidable risk factors on the burden of the selected conditions in Serbia. Methods. Attributable fractions were calculated from the survey information on the prevalence of a risk factor and the relative risk of dying if exposed to a risk factor. The population-attributable risks were applied to deaths, years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLL), years of life with disability (YLD) and disability adjusted life years (DALY). Results. More than 40% of all deaths and of the total YLL are attributable to cigarette smoking, overweight, physical inactivity, inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables, hypertension and high blood cholesterol. Alcohol consumption has in total a beneficial effect. According to the percent of DALY for the selected conditions attributable to the observed risk factors, their most harmful effects are as follows: alcohol consumption on road traffic accidents; cigarette smoking on lung cancer; physical inactivity on cerebrovascular disease (CVD), ischemic heart disease (IHD) and colorectal cancer; overweight on type 2 diabetes; hypertension on renal failure and CVD; inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables on IHD and CVD, and high blood cholesterol on IHD. Conclusions. This study shows that a high percentage of disease and injury burden in Serbia is attributable to avoidable risk factors, which emphasizes the need for improvement of relevant preventive strategies and programs at both individual and population levels. Social preferences should be determined for a comprehensive set of conditions and cost effectiveness analyses of potential interventions should be carried out. Furthermore, positive measures, derived from health, disability and quality of life surveys, should be included.

scholarly journals On-Site Evaluation of Smoking, Alcohol consumption and Physical Inactivity Among Commercial Taxi Drivers in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Aanuoluwa Odunayo Adedokun ◽  
Daniel Ter Goon ◽  
Eyitayo Omolara Owolabi ◽  
Oladele Vincent Adeniyi ◽  
Anthony Idowu Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Commercial Drivers

BACKGROUND: Commercial drivers have been identified as eliciting behaviours that promote non- communicable diseases and road traffic accidents. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence and pattern of alcohol use, smoking and physical inactivity among commercial taxi drivers in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 403 commercial drivers using the face-to-face interviews method. The WHO STEPwise questionnaire was used to obtain the demographic data, self-reported rate of alcohol consumption, tobacco use and physical inactivity. RESULTS: The participants’ mean age was 43.3 ± 12.5 years. About 30% of the participants were daily smokers, 37% consumed alcohol regularly and only 18% were physically active, whilst 82% were physically inactive. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of alcohol use, smoking and physical inactivity is high among commercial drivers in East London. Workplace health education on the health effects of these lifestyles’ risky behaviours on individuals and the general public should be given to the drivers.

Pattern of alcohol consumption by students of the course of the night nursing PUC Minas

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 890
Author(s):  
Nadja Botti ◽  
Willy Moreira Batista Simões ◽  
Adriano Ferreira Duarte Lima
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Damage Reduction ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
The Family ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Objective: to identify the pattern of alcohol consumption among undergraduate nursing students. Methodology: this is about a quantitative-descriptive study with 393 students in undergraduate courses in nursing at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Data were collected from a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistic. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Resulted: the students consume alcohol and energy drinks, beer is the most consumed beverage and bars and discos are often used. Events following drinking included: classroom lack, driving vehicles and fights. Women are responsible for diverse consumption of alcoholic beverages and men have less diversification, but consuming more doses per day. Regarding the use of alcohol in the family, students point to the parent as consumer abuse. Conclusion: the significant consumption of alcohol among undergraduate nursing students from Minas Gerais Catholic University is a problem that must be addressed through implementation of preventive and damage reduction program. Descriptors: students; nursing; alcohol.

scholarly journals Alcohol consumption and risky sexual practices: the pattern of nursing students from the Spanish University

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 941-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia Gil-García ◽  
Jussara Gue Martini ◽  
Ana Maria Porcel-Gálvez
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVE: to determine the prevalence of substance abuse and unsafe sexual practices and to analyze the relationship between them, in nursing students at the University of Seville. METHOD: quantitative methodological approach with a descriptive cross-sectional design. The population was composed of first year nursing students in the University of Seville, during the academic year 2010-2011 (N=510), with consecutive opportunistic sampling composed of students who attended class on the scheduled day (n=291). RESULTS: a high prevalence of alcohol consumption, and increased likelihood of not using protective measures during sexual practices when alcohol had been consumed, was present. CONCLUSION: these findings are consistent with those obtained in the same population in Brazil, and highlight the need to strengthen in the nursing curriculum, the transverse axis related to the prevention of substance abuse, especially alcohol.

scholarly journals Reducing Deaths by Diet: A Call for Public Policy to Prevent Chronic Disease

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norm Campbell CM, MD, FRCPC ◽  
Michel Sauvé MD FRCP FACP FCCP MSc
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Unhealthy Diet ◽  
Excess Alcohol Consumption

Chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease and cancer are the leading causes of disability and death in Canada.1,2 The majority of chronic diseases are caused by physical inactivity, tobacco use, excess alcohol consumption and unhealthy diet.3-6 In particular, unhealthy diet is the leading risk factor for death and disability in Canada resulting in an estimated 64,000 deaths and over 1 million years of disability (DALYs) in 2010 alone.7 Worldwide, a staggering 11 million deaths and over 200 million DALYs were attributed to unhealthy eating in 2010.

scholarly journals Behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases amongst adults aged 18 years and above in Collins Chabane Municipality of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
selekane motadi ◽  
Charmaine Sambo ◽  
Nthovhedzeni Nesengani ◽  
Thembuluwo Ndalani ◽  
Rilwele Mutakuseni
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Behavioural Risk Factors ◽  
Vhembe District

Abstract Background: Tobacco use, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and obesity are the behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases. To determine behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases amongst adults aged 18 years and above in Collins Chabane municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. Methods: This study included 365 participants recruited from Collins Chabane municipality of Vhembe district, Limpopo province, South Africa. Municipality was selected using simple random sampling and convenience sampling was used to choose participants. Anthropometric measurements were measured following standard techniques. Data on dietary intake was collected using Food Frequency Questionnaire. Permission and clearance were obtained and participant’s rights were respected. Results: About (24.4%) of participants consumed alcohol in the current study. Males were more likely to consume alcohol as compared to female counterpart (54.6% vs. 3.3 %) Gender has a large effect on alcohol consumption. Cramer’s V = 0.58. The prevalence of alcohol consumption was higher in male (22.8%) as compared to (1.6%) female counterparts. The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity was 7.7%, 29.8%, and 11.3%, respectively. Majority 61.1% of the participants had sedentary lifestyle in the current study. About 13.9% of the participants smoked cigarette in the current study. Of all participants who smoked cigarette 10.1% initiated smoking at the age of less than 19 years Conclusion: Behavioural risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, consumption of over required amount of sugar, sodium, protein, energy, carbohydrates, excessive fats intake, physical inactivity, overweight, obesity exist among people in Collins Chabane municipality.

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