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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023
Mcmed International
Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0683 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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editorapjn@mcmed.us
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Abstract
Title
STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ABOUT ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES IN BANGALORE
Author
Tanveer Gundagi and Gajanand R Wale*
Email
gajanandrwale@gmail.com
keyword
Alcohol abuse, Knowledge, Attitude, Nursing students.
Abstract
Alcoholism is a world-wide social and medical problem. Over the past 30-40 years alcohol consumption has increased in quantity and frequency. Nationwide, substance use and abuse are significant problems for adolescents. They carry serious consequences, causing 50% of the deaths in youth’s age 15 to 24 years. Alcohol and drugs also contribute to assaults and rapes by adolescents. the present study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude among nursing students the data was generated by using the structured questionnaire. Purposive non-probability sampling techniques were adopted to select 60 subjects. The data was obtained from the study subjects were analyzed and interpreted in terms of the objectives and hypothesis of the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the data analysis and the level set at 0.05. Results of the study revealed that, majority of the degree college students 71.70 % had inadequate knowledge about alcohol abuse. And 21.70% of degree college students had moderate knowledge. Only 6.70 % had adequate knwoldge alcohol abuse. students 80% had unfavourable attitude about alcohol abuse. Only 20% had moderate attitude about alcohol abuse. No degree college students had favourable attitude towards alcohol abuse.
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