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Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública

versión impresa ISSN 1409-1429

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SAWYERS KENTON, Rosemary; SAWYERS-KENTON, Rebeca; BADILLA, Xiomara  y  VARGAS ZUMBADO, Maribel. Alcohol consumption in bachelor´s students of medicine at UNIBE Costa Rica. February-March, 2015. Rev. costarric. salud pública [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.2, pp.128-140. ISSN 1409-1429.

The main objective of this investigation was to estimate the prevalence and consumption pattterns of alcohol in bachelor´s students of medicine at UNIBE between the months of January and March 2015. The population consisted of 231 bachelor students enrolled in the career of medicine between February and March at Iberoamerican University (UNIBE). For this calculation a confidence interval of 95% and an estimated prevalence of 20% were used, with an alpha level of 5%. The estimation of the sample was n= 120 individuals. The selection was made with systematic sampling. With this investigation it was possible to estimate the prevalence of alcohol consumption in the population of bachelor medical students at UNIBE, which corresponds with 68.9%, which show that the alcohol prevalence is high in this population. Also it was found that the consumption patterns of alcohol among students include:1) frequency of consumption at least once a month, 2) the age of onset which was more frequent was 18 years or less, 3) the main reason of consumption was special occasions, and 4) the beverage mostly consumed corresponds with beer and there were no significant differences between sexes.

Within the future challeges that come out of this investigation is the search of interventions destined to reduce the alcoholic dependence and potentiate the responsible consumption of alcohol amongst medical students.

Palabras clave : Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcoholism; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Drinking in College.

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