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Affiliation
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University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND:
Alcohol consumption in Slovenia is one of the highest in Europe. In Slovenia there were a few epidemiological studies on drinking habits among adult population, but none of them has used the AUDIT questionnaire or the Internet for research.
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to analyse the drinking habits of the visitors of our website www.nalijem.si, which included an anonymous questionnaire for self-assessment of alcohol drinking.
METHODS:
A cross sectional survey was conducted between January 2010 and December 2013. The front page of our website included an invitation to fill in the anonymous web-based questionnaire; a part of it was the AUDIT 10 questionnaire. Everyone who filled in the questionnaire completely received an individualized feedback on his drinking.
RESULTS:
54.020 persons visited our website, 15.817 (29.3%) of them started to fill in the questionnaire, 12.800 (80.9%) filled it in completely. In the analysis, 9.087 (71.0%) persons were included who completed the questionnaire for themselves. There were 37.1% (N=3.373) women and 62.9% (N=5.714) men. The average age was 33 years, the majority was employed (59.7%, N=5.222). The minority drank alcohol 2-4 times per month (32.8%, N=2.977) and most of them (64.5%, N=5.869) drank more than 3 units of alcohol per one occasion on a typical day. The average AUDIT 10 score was 11.7 for men, 8.1 for women.
CONCLUSIONS:
A large percentage of participants were identified as hazardous and harmful drinkers, which should be a matter of serious concern.
KEYWORDS:
anonymous AUDIT questionnaires; personalized feedbacks; websites
Language: en |
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Vernacular Abstract
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IZHODIŠČE:
Poraba alkohola je v Sloveniji med največjimi v Evropi. V Sloveniji je malo epidemioloških raziskav o pitju alkohola med odraslo populacijo, nobena od njih pa ni uporabila vprašalnika AUDIT ali bila opravljena po internetu.
NAMEN:
Namen naše raziskave je bil ugotoviti pivske navade obiskovalcev naše spletne strani www.nalijem.si, ki vključuje tudi anonimni vprašalnik za samooceno pitja alkohola in individualizirano spletno povratno sporočilo o pitju obiskovalca.
METODE:
Pregledna presečna raziskava je potekala od januarja 2010 do decembra 2013. Na prvi strani naše spletne strani je bilo povabilo za izpolnjevanje anonimnega spletnega vprašalnika o pitju alkohola, katerega del je bil vprašalnik AUDIT. Vsak obiskovalec, ki je v celoti izpolnil vprašalnik, je prejel individualizirano povratno sporočilo o svojem pitju.
REZULTATI:
Našo internetno stran je obiskalo 54.020 obiskovalcev, 15.817 (29,3%) se jih je odločilo reševati spletni vprašalnik, 12.800 (80,9%) obiskovalcev je rešilo celotni vprašalnik. V analizo je bilo vključenih 9.087 (71,0%) preiskovancev, ki so rešili vprašalnik v celoti in za sebe. Bilo je 37,1% (N=3,373) žensk in 62,9% (N=5,714) moških. Povprečna starost je bila 33 let, večina obiskovalcev je bila zaposlena (59,7%, N=5,222). Večina je pila alkoholne pijače 2- do 4-krat na mesec (32,8%, N=2,977), 64,5% (N=5,869) preiskovancev je pilo 3 ali več meric alkohola ob eni priložnosti, kadar so pili. Povprečni seštevek AUDIT je bil 11,7 za moške in 8,1 za ženske.
ZAKLJUČEK:
Velik delež obiskovalcev smo identificirali kot tvegane in škodljive pivce alkohola, kar je zaskrbljujoče. |