Periodicidad semestral: flujo continuo.
ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
INTRODUCTION. Mental and substance use disorders cause 19% of all disabilityadjusted life years and 36% of all years lived with disability. They account for one-third of the total burden of disease in the population aged 10-45 years. OBJECTIVE. To analyze mental disorders and alcohol consumption in university students. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Cross-sectional, analytical, field study. Population and known sample of 125 university students from first to fifth semester of the redesigned career of Pedagogy of Physical Activity and Sport of the National University of Chimborazo, November 2019. The technique used for data collection was the Psychological Reactive. The following were applied: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - AUDIT
and General Health Questionnaire GHQ-28. Frequency and percentage of mental health and alcohol consumption disorders were calculated. Data were tabulated and the association was analyzed with the Chi-square χ² statistic. RESULTS. 79,2% (99; 125) had a mild level of mental health disturbance; 72,8% (91; 125) did not reflect problems related to alcohol consumption; significant association was found between levels of mental health disturbance and alcohol consumption. CONCLUSION. An significant association was found between mental disorder and alcohol consumption, with low levels of mental health impairment and absence of alcohol-related problems.
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