Authors :
Phannathat Tanthanapanyakorn; Nonlapan Khuntigulanon; Klanarong Wongpituk; Sasiwimol Chanmalee
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 11 - November
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Abstract :
Alcohol is readily available in societies which
is one of the substances with addictive potential most
commonly used by adolescents. Use of alcohol drinking is
increasing the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome,
one of the most severe complications of COVID-19. This
research was a descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to
examine the prevalence and factors associated to alcohol
consumption behavior during COVID-19 pandemic
situation among undergraduate student from the central
area of Thailand. The participants were recruited by
using purposive random sampling between June to
October 2020 and surveyed 281 undergraduate students
who were aged 19-22 years old and registered at the
university from the central area of Thailand. The data
were collected by using the structured interview consisted
of 5 parts. The instruments were tested the validity with
IOC between 0.8-1.0 and the reliability with Cronbach’s
alpha coefficients more than 0.85. Data were analyzed by
using descriptive statistics and Chi.-Square Test. The
result revelated that the prevalence of alcohol
consumption behavior was 43.4% in the past 1 month.
Factors which remained significantly associated with
alcohol consumption behavior among undergraduate
students during the COVID-19 pandemic situation were
gender, education year, faculty, social support,
availability of alcohol advertisement and source (p<0.05).
The finding suggests that the university administrators in
the central part of Thailand should focus on associated
factors to plan and impose a policy or guidance for
changing the appropriate behavior of alcohol
consumption behavior among undergraduate students
during the COVID-19 situation.
Keywords :
Alcohol Drinking; Health Beahvior; COVID-19.
Alcohol is readily available in societies which
is one of the substances with addictive potential most
commonly used by adolescents. Use of alcohol drinking is
increasing the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome,
one of the most severe complications of COVID-19. This
research was a descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to
examine the prevalence and factors associated to alcohol
consumption behavior during COVID-19 pandemic
situation among undergraduate student from the central
area of Thailand. The participants were recruited by
using purposive random sampling between June to
October 2020 and surveyed 281 undergraduate students
who were aged 19-22 years old and registered at the
university from the central area of Thailand. The data
were collected by using the structured interview consisted
of 5 parts. The instruments were tested the validity with
IOC between 0.8-1.0 and the reliability with Cronbach’s
alpha coefficients more than 0.85. Data were analyzed by
using descriptive statistics and Chi.-Square Test. The
result revelated that the prevalence of alcohol
consumption behavior was 43.4% in the past 1 month.
Factors which remained significantly associated with
alcohol consumption behavior among undergraduate
students during the COVID-19 pandemic situation were
gender, education year, faculty, social support,
availability of alcohol advertisement and source (p<0.05).
The finding suggests that the university administrators in
the central part of Thailand should focus on associated
factors to plan and impose a policy or guidance for
changing the appropriate behavior of alcohol
consumption behavior among undergraduate students
during the COVID-19 situation.
Keywords :
Alcohol Drinking; Health Beahvior; COVID-19.
