Cross-cutting | Student Poster | 2019
Variations by Sex and Age in the Association between Alcohol Use and Depressive Experience among Thai Adolescents
Wit Wichaidit, Nannapat Pruphetkaew, Sawitri Assanangkornchai
Table 2. Drinking behaviors (Percent±StandardError) among students without depressive experience (NoDE, reference group) and students with depressive experience(DE), stratified by school level and sex
Introduction
- Depression: Most common cause of years lost to disability among population aged 10-14 year olds [1]
- Depressive experience:Self-reported sadness and despair for 2 weeks; Survey measurement feasible
- Alcohol: Most commonly used drug among adolescents
- Drinking is associated with depression[2,3]
- Adolescents: Neurological responses to alcohol vary by age and sex[4]
- Question: Alcohol vs. depression varies by age and sex?
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