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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-1429</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. costarric. salud pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-1429</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Salud Pública]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-14292019000200128</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de Licenciatura de Medicina UNIBE Costa Rica. Febrero-Marzo, 2015]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Alcohol consumption in bachelor´s students of medicine at UNIBE Costa Rica. February-March, 2015]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sawyers Kenton]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosemary]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sawyers-Kenton]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rebeca]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Badilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Xiomara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas Zumbado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maribel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Calderón Guardia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Calderón Guardia Sección Química Clínica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,CCSS Medicina general ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>128</fpage>
<lpage>140</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-14292019000200128&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-14292019000200128&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-14292019000200128&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Español: El objetivo general de esta investigación consistió en estimar la prevalencia y los patrones de consumo de alcohol en universitarios de licenciatura de medicina de la UNIBE entre febrero-marzo 2015. La población en estudio correspondió con 231 estudiantes de licenciatura matriculados en la carrera de medicina en el periodo de febrero a marzo del año 2015 en la Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE). Para este cálculo se consideró un intervalo de confianza del 95%, una prevalencia esperada del 20% y nivel alfa del 5 %. La estimación de la muestra fue de n= 120 individuos. La selección se hizo por muestreo sistemático. Con el presente trabajo se logró estimar la prevalencia del consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de licenciatura UNIBE, que corresponde con un 68.9%. De acuerdo con los resultados del presente estudio es posible afirmar que la prevalencia de consumo de alcohol es alta en la población universitaria estudiada. Además se halló que los patrones de consumo que tienen los estudiantes incluyen: 1) frecuencia de consumo corresponde con menos de 1 vez al mes, 2) la edad de inicio más frecuente corresponde con 18 años o incluso menos, 3) ocasiones de consumo la principal razón corresponde con momentos especiales y 4) bebida más consumida corresponde con la cerveza y no existen diferencias significativas entre sexos. Dentro de los desafíos futuros que nacen a partir de este estudio se encuentran: la búsqueda de intervenciones destinadas a disminuir la dependencia alcohólica y potenciar el consumo de alcohol responsable, en estudiantes de medicina.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Inglés 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.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Intoxicación Alcohólica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alcoholismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Consumo de alcohol en la Universidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alcoholic Intoxication]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alcohol Drinking]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alcohol Drinking in College]]></kwd>
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