TY - JOUR
T1 - Hospitalizations for students with an alcohol-related sanction
T2 - Gender and pregaming as risk factors
AU - Ahmed, Rimsha
AU - Hustad, John T.P.
AU - LaSalle, Linda
AU - Borsari, Brian
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), through grants UL1RR033184 and KL2RR033180 to Lawrence Sinoway. Brian Borsari’s contribution to this article was supported by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grants R01-AA015518 and R01-AA017874. The contents of this manuscript do not represent the views of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the United States Government.
PY - 2014/7/4
Y1 - 2014/7/4
N2 - Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether pregaming (ie, drinking prior to a social event) is a risk factor for hospitalization. Participants: Participants (N = 516) were undergraduate students with an alcohol-related sanction. Methods: Participants completed a survey about alcohol use, as well as behaviors and experiences, prior to and during the referral event. The dependent variable was whether participants received medical attention at an emergency department during the sanction event. Results: Results indicated that older students, females who pregame, students with higher alcohol use screening scores, lighter drinkers, and higher numbers of drinks before the referral event all increased the odds of receiving medical attention. Pregaming alone was not significantly related to receiving medical attention in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Female students who pregame appear to be at risk for requiring hospitalization after drinking when controlling for the number of drinks consumed.
AB - Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether pregaming (ie, drinking prior to a social event) is a risk factor for hospitalization. Participants: Participants (N = 516) were undergraduate students with an alcohol-related sanction. Methods: Participants completed a survey about alcohol use, as well as behaviors and experiences, prior to and during the referral event. The dependent variable was whether participants received medical attention at an emergency department during the sanction event. Results: Results indicated that older students, females who pregame, students with higher alcohol use screening scores, lighter drinkers, and higher numbers of drinks before the referral event all increased the odds of receiving medical attention. Pregaming alone was not significantly related to receiving medical attention in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Female students who pregame appear to be at risk for requiring hospitalization after drinking when controlling for the number of drinks consumed.
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2014.897952
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2014.897952
M3 - Article
C2 - 24635415
AN - SCOPUS:84901427732
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 62
SP - 293
EP - 300
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 5
ER -
