Problem drinking among university students in Malawi.
A survey of 787 University of Malawi students (481 males and 306 females) using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) indicated that about 72% of responders (78% of males and 63% of females) drink alcohol. The mean AUDIT score was 3.4+/-5.3 for females and 13.2+/-8.9 for males. Some 54.1% of males and 16.5% of females had the AUDIT score above the threshold level of 8.0, which corresponded with high mean values of alcohol consumption per week (222.8+/-162.7 g of pure ethanol for males and 100.3+/-98.3 g for females). In addition, about 74.4 % of male students and 27.3% of females reported episodes of heavy drinking. The findings stressed the need for developing of alcohol control policies in the University of Malawi and in the country as a whole.
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Physiology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi. yzverev@yahoo.com
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities