Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude on Ill Effects of Alcohol among Nursing Students in a Selected College at Karad

Abstract

Introduction: Alcohol is one of the most widely used drug substances in the world. Alcohol use and binge drinking among our nation's youth is a major public health problem. The substance abuse is one of the rapidly growing problems among adolescents due to lack of knowledge regarding its ill effects. Methodology: The descriptive design research design was used in this study. 100 adolescent boys and girls, in the age group of 19-22 years, who are studying in selected nursing college at Karad, were selected by simple random sampling technique. Adolescents available at the time of the data collection and those willing to participate in the study were included. The researcher obtained prior permission from the concerned authority. Results: Maximum students are at the age of 18 (63%), staying with parents (53%), completed 12^th standard study (97%) and belongs to average socio economic groups (86%). Mean knowledge score was 25 and standard deviation (2.645) among the respondents.  63% of students are having adequate knowledge, 92 % of student's shows unfavorable attitude towards alcohol use. Conclusion: Students are aware about the ill effect of alcohol and having negative attitude towards alcohol.