Binge Drinking Among Youngs is a Risk Factor for Alcohol Use Disorders

Binge Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Binge Drinking Among Young Students is a Risk Factor for the Development of Alcohol Use Disorders: Results From an Epidemiologic-observational Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03062189
• Other study ID #: BingeDrinkingamongYoungStudy
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 14, 2016
• Last updated: February 24, 2017
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess drinking habits and patterns of alcohol consumption, smoking habits, use of illicit drugs and the prevalence of binge drinking and alcohol use disorders among Italian young students. Furthermore to investigate the correlation between binge drinking and alcohol use disorders.

Description:

This study was performed on 2,704 subjects attending high school, through the administration of questionnaires regarding socio-demographic data, anthropometric characteristics, pattern and amount of alcohol intake, smoking habits, use of illicit drugs and physical activity were administered to students. Moreover mood and anxiety were evaluated through AUDIT, STAI-Y1, STAY-Y2 and ZUNG. The aim of the study was to assess drinking habits and patterns of alcohol consumption, smoking habits, use of illicit drugs and the prevalence of binge drinking and alcohol use disorders among Italian young students. Furthermore to investigate the correlation between binge drinking and alcohol use disorders.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2704
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects attending high school of three italian cities (Rome, Latina, Frosinone)

• Subjects aged between 13 and 19 years

• Subjects that accept the interview

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects that don't accept the interview

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Binge Drinking

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Binge drinking behavior	Binge drinking behavior was defined as an alcohol consumption of more than 5 drinks within about two hour period	1 year
Secondary	Amount of alcoholic beverage consumed	One drink is defined as an amount of alcoholic beverages containing 12 g of absolute alcoho	1 year
Secondary	Type of alcoholic beverage consumed		1 year
Secondary	Frequency of alcohol consumption		1 year
Secondary	Alcohol consumption outside meals	One drink is defined as an amount of alcoholic beverages containing 12 g of absolute alcoho	1 year
Secondary	Frequency of alcohol drinking outside meals	One drink is defined as an amount of alcoholic beverages containing 12 g of absolute alcoho	1 year
Secondary	Amount of cigarettes smoked		1 year
Secondary	Frequency of cigarettes smoked		1 year
Secondary	Type of illicit drugs used		1 year
Secondary	Frequency of illicit drugs used		1 year
Secondary	Diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder	According AUDIT score	1 year
Secondary	STAI score	STAI assess existing anxiety a predisposition to anxious reaction as a personality characteristic. Itis structuredby two axes (y1 for state anxiety and y2 for trait anxiety), both consisting of 20 multiple-choice items; each item has a score from 1 to 4; the total score of y1 and y 2 axes can range from 20 to 80. This test was selected for simplicity, validity and reliability. The subjects evaluated were divided as high and low anxious and a value of 40 was used to distinguish the two groups	1 year
Secondary	Zung-SDS	Zung-SDS constitutes an effective instrument in screening for depression and its positive predictive value of a diagnosis of depression is between 88.7% and 92.3%. The Zung-SDS contains 20 multiple items with a score from 1 to 4 each; total score above 50 indicates a condition of depression	1 year