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Estimate of undergraduate university student alcohol use in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Healthy lifestyle culture in universities as institutional normativity: a sociological systematic review.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Umbrella Review on the Epidemiology of Modifiable Health Influencing Factors and on Health Promoting Interventions Among University Students.Frontiers in public health · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Inflammatory Index and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese University Students Leveraging an Intelligent Ordering System: 3-Year Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Problematic alcohol consumption among management undergraduates of Bhaktapur District, Nepal.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Smoking, alcohol consumption and corneal biomechanical parameters among Chinese university students.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Differences of Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Use Between Chinese College-Age Students Studying in China and America During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Alcohol Use in China: Unrecorded and Recorded Bai Jiu in Three Rural Regions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy among University Students: The Roles of Sports Type and Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Analysis of the alcohol drinking behavior and influencing factors among emerging adults and young adults: a cross-sectional study in Wuhan, China.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Variables Associated with Alcohol Consumption and Abstinence among Young Adults in Central China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- University Students' Willingness to Assist Fellow Students Who Experience Alcohol-Related Facial Flushing to Reduce Their Drinking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo develop an estimate of self-reported last 30 day alcohol use by university students in China.
methodsA search of papers published in English and Chinese between 2006 and 2015, following pre-established selection criteria, identified 30 papers that were included in this meta-analysis. Nine moderator variables were preselected for this analysis.
resultsA total of 749 papers were identified in the keyword search, and 30 studies (28 in Chinese, 2 in English) met all selection criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. The self-reported last-30-day alcohol use for undergraduate university students was 66.8% for males and 31.7% for females. Meta-regression identified three moderators associated with the different drinking rates reported: the definition of drinking, the origin of the questionnaire used in the survey, and the geographic region where the survey was conducted. These three moderators explained 56% of the heterogeneity of reported drinking rates for the male students and 47% of the heterogeneity of reported drinking rates for the female students.
conclusionsThe results of this meta-analysis provide an estimate of last 30 day alcohol use by university students (age 18-23) and increase our understanding of drinking by young people in China. The meta-analysis suggested three variables that could have affected the results and which are worthy of further study. The discussion places these results in the context of Chinese drinking culture and university life.
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