Study of tobacco and alcohol consumption among students of a medical college in a city of Maharashtra

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dc.contributor.authorGaikwad, Arvind V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPriya, Rashmien_US
dc.contributor.authorDhande, Vishal S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDoibale, Mohan K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:45:13Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:45:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Over the years, substance use has increased drastically in every section of the society. Tobacco and alcohol consumption in medical fraternity is quite common. The objectives of the study were to find out the prevalence of tobacco and alcohol consumption in medical students and to find out various reasons to start these habits.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in Government Medical College, Aurangabad during September to November 2018. Study was conducted amongst undergraduate MBBS students. Taking prevalence as 47%, allowable error 10% and 10% non-respondents the sample size comes as 85. By lottery method, third year medical students were selected randomly for the study. Completed data from 120 students were included in the study. Pre-designed semi-structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Trial version of SPSS software was used for statistical analysis.Results: In the present study, overall prevalence of substance use among undergraduate MBBS students was found to be 52.5% out of which 61.6% were males and 29.4% were females. Peer pressure was the main reason of continuing the habit (93.2%). 66% of these substance users showed willingness to quit the habit.Conclusions: High prevalence of tobacco and alcohol consumption was observed among undergraduate medical studentsen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationGaikwad Arvind V., Priya Rashmi, Dhande Vishal S., Doibale Mohan K. . Study of tobacco and alcohol consumption among students of a medical college in a city of Maharashtra. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Jul; 6(7): 2922-2925en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn23946040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201539
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192826en_US
dc.subjectTobaccoen_US
dc.subjectAlcoholen_US
dc.subjectMedical collegeen_US
dc.titleStudy of tobacco and alcohol consumption among students of a medical college in a city of Maharashtraen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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