By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Public Health. According to news reporting originating in Ibadan, Nigeria, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “There is a rapid shift in the social context of drinking, with a large proportion of regular drinkers favouring outdoor-open space drinking, such as motor-parks, by the road sides, the majority of which are unlicensed premises for drinking. This study determined the prevalence and determinants of harmful or hazardous alcohol use and possible dependence, defined as a ‘likely alcohol use disorder’ (AUD) in a community sample of 1119 patrons of open space drinking places in Ibadan, Nigeria, using the AUDIT.”
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Ibadan, “Scores of 8 and above signified a likely AUD. The associations between a likely AUD and demographic characteristics were sought using Chi square statistics and binary regression analysis was used to determine the effects of multiple confounding variables on a likely AUD using the SPSS version 20.0 software. Of the entire population, the prevalence of likely AUD was 39.5%, and 44.4% out of the drinking population Multivariate analysis showed that Islamic religion was a negative predictor for likely AUD, OR = 0.13, 95% CI (0.06-0.26), while rural residence, OR = 1.84, 95% CI (1.34-2.53) and cigarette smoking OR = 1.81, 95% CI (1.37-2.40) were predictive of likely AUD. Outdoor-open space drinkers are likely to have AUD compared with the general population.”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Open space drinking has a huge public health implication because of the associated health risks and injuries.”
For more information on this research see: Prevalence of alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders among outdoor drinkers in public open places in Nigeria. BMC Public Health , 2018;18():1-10. BMC Public Health can be contacted at: Biomed Central Ltd, 236 Grays Inn Rd, Floor 6, London WC1X 8HL, England. (BioMed Central - http://www.biomedcentral.com/; BMC Public Health - http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/)
Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting V.O. Lasebikan, University of Ibadan, Coll Med, Dept. of Psychiat, Ibadan, Nigeria. Additional authors for this research include O. Ayinde, M. Odunleye, B. Adeyefa, S. Adepoju and S. Fakunle.
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CITATION: (2018-04-27), Reports Outline Public Health Findings from University of Ibadan (Prevalence of alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders among outdoor drinkers in public open places in Nigeria), Health & Medicine Week, 5850, ISSN: 1532-4605, BUTTER® ID: 015563068
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