Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence among Nursing Students in Catalonia, Spain: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study

Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola, Zaira Reyes-Amargant, Alba Berenguer-Simon, David Ballester-Ferrando, Maria Dolors Burjalés-Martí, Assumpta Rigol-Cuadra, Elena Maestre-González, Carolina Rascón-Hernán, Paola Galbany-Estragués and Dolors Rodríguez-Martín
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Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola: Health and Healthcare Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Zaira Reyes-Amargant: Primary Care, Health Care Institute, 17005 Girona, Spain
Alba Berenguer-Simon: Health and Healthcare Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
David Ballester-Ferrando: Health and Healthcare Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Maria Dolors Burjalés-Martí: Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Rovira and Virgili University, Avinguda Catalunya, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
Assumpta Rigol-Cuadra: Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Perinatal Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Feixa Llarga, s/n, 08907 L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain
Elena Maestre-González: Department of Fundamental Care and Medical Surgital Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Consolidated Research Group on Gender, Identity and Diversity (2017-SGR-1091), University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Carolina Rascón-Hernán: Health and Healthcare Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Paola Galbany-Estragués: Research Group on Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences (M3O), Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare, Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CESS), University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), C. Sagrada Família, 7, 08500 Vic, Spain
Dolors Rodríguez-Martín: Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Perinatal Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Feixa Llarga, s/n, 08907 L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: (1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) has become common in universities for reasons related to unwanted social/peer pressures regarding alcohol/drug use and sexual activities. Objectives: To identify perceptions of SV and alcohol use and estimate prevalence among nursing students in Catalonia, Spain. (2) Methods: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of nursing students attending public universities. (3) Results: We recruited 686 students (86.11% women), who reported as follows: 68.7% had consumed alcohol, 65.6% had been drunk at least once in the previous year, 62.65% had experienced blackouts and 25.55% had felt pressured to consume alcohol. Drunkenness and blackouts were related ( p < 0.000). Of the 15.6% of respondents who had experienced SV, 47.7% experienced SV while under the influence of alcohol and were insufficiently alert to stop what was happening, while 3.06% reported rape. SV was more likely to be experienced by women (OR: 2.770; CI 95%: 1.229–6.242; p = 0.014), individuals reporting a drunk episode in the previous year (OR: 2.839; 95% CI: 1.551–5.197; p = 0.001) and individuals pressured to consume alcohol (OR: 2.091; 95% CI: 1.332–3.281; p = 0.001). (4) Conclusions: Nursing instructors need to raise student awareness of both the effects of alcohol use and SV, so as to equip these future health professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal with SV among young people.

Keywords: sexual violence; sexual assault; alcohol; leisure; nursing students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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