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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2024.65.483
Alcohol use among Croatian adolescents: the alignment of 13-year-old and 15-year-old girls with boys, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Maja Valentić
; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Tonka Karin
; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Luka Šimetin
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Lara Petković
; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Filip Šimetin
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak
; Department of Medical Statistics, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Aim To determine age and gender patterns of alcohol use
among Croatian pupils and assess whether alcohol use
was associated with factors related to school, peers, family,
and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods Data were collected from the 2022 Health Behavior in School-aged Children cross-sectional study conducted in Croatia involving 5338 pupils. Pearson χ2
test and
multivariate logistic regression were performed.
Results At the age of 11, boys were drinking alcohol more
than girls (P<0.001), while 13- and 15-year-old girls aligned
with boys. Lifetime alcohol use was positively associated
with schoolwork pressure in 11-year-old girls (OR 3.28, CI
1.36-7.75) and boys (OR 1.87, CI 1.03-3.37). The COVID-19
pandemic negatively affected mental health in 13- (OR
2.21, 1.56-3.13) and 15-year-old girls (OR 1.50, CI 1.01-2.23),
and life in 15-year-old boys (OR 1.83, 1.03-3.27). Recent alcohol use was positively associated with hospitalization of
a close family member for COVID-19 in 11-year-old girls
(OR 2.35, 1.05-5.28), low peer support in 13-year-old boys
(OR 1.49, 1.01-2.20), difficult communication with father
in 15-year-old girls (OR 1.49,1.05-2.12), negative COVID-19
impact on mental health in 13-year-old girls (OR 1.67,1.13-
2.47), and negative COVID-19 impact on life in 15-year-old
boys (OR 1.79, 1.08-2.98). Lifetime drunkenness was positively associated with negative COVID-19 impact on mental health in 13- (OR, 2.03,1.28-3.21) and 15-year-old girls
(OR 2.12, 1.49-3.01), and with positive or neutral COVID-19
impact on life in 15-year-old girls (OR 0.65, 0.43-0.97).
Conclusion Preventive activities should offer support systems to minimize the negative COVID-19 impact, with special attention to girls’ needs.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
336749
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2024.
Posjeta: 44 *