Objective
To compare the consumption of alcohol among freshmen and senior nursing students of an undergraduate course.
Methods
Cross-sectional study with 154 nursing students. The research instrument was a questionnaire with socio-demographic data and academic life and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). In the data analysis, we used descriptive statistics, Pearson chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and linear trend. A statistical significance of 5% was adopted.
Results
Most participants were female, aged 20-24 years old, single, who were black and from the C socioeconomic class. A total of 57.1% of the sample consumed alcohol. We found a higher frequency of consumption and alcohol doses for undergraduate students and greater proportion of these in AUDIT risk level zone II, III and IV. There was no statistically significant difference in analysis between zone and year of study.
Conclusion
Senior students had higher harmful alcohol consumption.
Alcohol drinking; Alchoolism; Students; nursing; Education; nursing; Risk factors