PERSONALITY, LIFE-STYLES, ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONSUMPTION IN A SAMPLE OF BRITISH MEDICAL-STUDENTS
PERSONALITY, LIFE-STYLES, ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONSUMPTION IN A SAMPLE OF BRITISH MEDICAL-STUDENTS
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2923.1995.tb02828.x
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发表时间：
1995-05-01
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6
通讯作者：
KAMALI, F
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作者：
ASHTON, CH;KAMALI, F
人格特征和生活方式的变量进行了评估，在两个队列的二年级医学生在英国泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔大学的一部分，精神药理学“教在”在1993年和1994年。合并样本包括186名学生：77名男性，109名女性，平均年龄20.4 ± 1.8岁。措施包括艾森克个性问卷，医院焦虑抑郁量表，以及关于酒精，烟草，大麻和其他非法药物消费和体育锻炼的问卷。在可能的情况下，将结果与1983年和1984年在泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔进行的一项类似调查进行了比较。个性变量、吸烟率、咖啡因摄入量和体育参与度在过去十年中没有显著变化。饮酒量总体上似乎略有增加，在1993年和1994年的学生群体中，25.5%的饮酒者超过了建议的低风险水平（1983年和1984年没有可比数据）。报告的大麻和其他非法药物的使用增加了一倍多，在本次调查中，49.2%的学生记录使用大麻，22%的学生尝试过其他非法药物。一九八三及一九八四年的相应数字为大麻占20.9%，其他非法药物占3.3%。在1983年和1984年没有测量焦虑水平，但在目前的调查中，39.3%的学生有临床显着范围内的焦虑等级。在这个医学生样本中，酒精消费和非法药物使用水平高，焦虑程度高，令人担忧。调查结果表明，需要在不同的大学和学院进行更大规模的研究，以便为学生的教育和医疗保健做出适当的安排。
Personality characteristics and lifestyle variables were assessed in two cohorts of second-year medical students at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK as part of a psychopharmacology 'teach-in' in 1993 and 1994. The pooled sample included 186 students: 77 men, 109 women, mean age 20.4 +/- 1.8 years. Measures included the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, and a questionnaire concerning consumption of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit drugs, and physical exercise. The results were compared, where possible, with a similar survey in Newcastle upon Tyne medical students in 1983 and 1984. Personality variables, prevalence of cigarette smoking, levels of caffeine consumption and participation in sports had not changed significantly over the decade. There appeared to be a modest overall increase in alcohol consumption and in the 1993 and 1994 cohorts of students, 25.5% of those who drank alcohol exceeded recommended low risk levels (comparable data not available for 1983 and 1984). Reported use of cannabis and other illicit drugs had more than doubled, and in the present survey 49.2% of students recorded using cannabis and 22% had tried other illict drugs. Corresponding figures for 1983 and 1984 were 20.9% for cannabis and 3.3% for other illicit drugs. Anxiety levels were not measured in 1983 and 1984 but in the present survey 39.3% of the students had anxiety ratings within the clinically significant range. The high levels of alcohol consumption and illicit drug use, and the high anxiety ratings, in this sample of medical students are a cause for concern. The findings suggest a need for a larger study across different universities and faculties so that appropriate arrangements for student education and health care can be made.