title: [Fill it up...! Combined consumption of alcohol with energy drinks and its correlation with risk taking behaviour among young adults].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Hungary and all around the world the incidence of consumption of energy drinks together with alcohol has increased among adolescents and young adults.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The foremost aim of this survey was to find out whether alcohol mixed with energy drinks can enhance the appearance of other forms of risky behaviour among young adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  In spring 2013 the authors carried out a quantitative sociological survey at three faculties of two major universities in Budapest, Hungary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survey showed that 1) consumers, who mixed alcohol with energy drinks, were likely to drink more alcohol both at parties and on ordinary days, and they took part in binge drinking more frequently than those consuming only alcohol; 2) students drank significantly less alcohol when they mixed it with energy drink.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The conflicts of the results showed that even at the starting point there was a clear distinction between the two groups, moreover, it is not yet clear what interactions the combined effect of caffeine and alcohol can trigger in the behaviour of the individual.
authors.affiliation: Társadalomtudományi Tanszék, Semmelweis Egyetem, Egészségtudományi Kar, Alapozó Egészségtudományi Intézet Budapest, Vas utca 17., 1088.
authors.forename: Edina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gradvohl
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vida
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rácz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D002110:Caffeine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D061215:Energy Drinks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D002110:Caffeine
keywords: AmED; alcohol; alkohol; droghasználat; drug usage; energiaital; energy drink; risk behaviour; rizikóviselkedés