Condutas de risco para lesões não intencionais e comportamento violento em estudantes universitários

Abstract

The present study is part of the Masters consortium in the years 2017/2018 of the Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology of the Federal University of Pelotas. Cross-sectional study with 2,706 incoming students aged 18 or over at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) in the first half of 2017 and regularly enrolled in the second semester of the same year. The objective was to analyze the prevalence of risk behaviors in traffic and violent behaviors, as well as the simultaneity of the variables analyzed for each one. The prevalence of one or more violent behaviors was 15.1% (95%CI 13.50, 17.00). University students who used illicit drugs were 1.45 (95%CI 1.12; 1.95) more likely to practice violent behavior. Students who did harmful alcohol use presented a 1.54 (95%CI 1.21; 1.95) higher risk of conducting violent behavior. The prevalence of concurrent risk behaviors in traffic was 8.7% (95%CI 7.50; 10.11) for none behavior, 23.1% (95%CI 21.20; 25.0) for one, 29% (95%CI 27, 0; 31.2) for two and 39.2% (95%CI 37.0; 41.5) for three or more behaviors. University students who used alcohol in a harmful way were more likely to present three or more concurrent risk behaviors in traffic compared to those who did not use it [PR = 6.41 (95%CI 3.40; 12.10), p = 0.01] harmful alcohol. Both behaviors should be considered due to their burden on morbidity and mortality in the age range of the majority of university students and the data may be useful to subsidize prevention actions for these two types of behaviors.