Alcohol and Energy Drink Use among Adolescents Seeking Emergency Department Care

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• Alternative Title:
  Addict Behav
• Personal Author:
  Bonar, Erin E. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. ; Polshkova, Svitlana ; Chermack, Stephen T. ; Blow, Frederic C. ; Walton, Maureen A.
• Description:
  Emergency department (ED) visits due to energy drinks rose drastically from 2007 to 2011. Consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks by young people is particularly concerning. Among youth (aged 14-20 years) in the ED reporting past-year alcohol use, we assessed frequency, reasons, and medical consequences of consuming alcohol and energy drinks in the same beverage or on the same occasion, and relationships with other risk behaviors. The sample included 439 youth (M(age)=18.6 years, SD=1.4; 41% male; 73% Caucasian): those who drank alcohol, but not energy drinks (Non-Users; 41%, n=178), those who drank alcohol and energy drinks on separate occasions (Separate; 23%, n=103), and those who combined alcohol and energy drinks in the same beverage or on the same occasion (Combined; 36%, n=158). Common reasons for combining energy drinks and alcohol were hiding the flavor of alcohol (39%) and liking the taste (36%). Common consequences were feeling jittery (71%) and trouble sleeping (46%). Combined users had the highest rates of risk behaviors (e.g., drug use, sexual risk behaviors, driving after drinking) and alcohol use severity. Multinomial logistic regression indicated that men, those who had sex after substance use, those who had used drugs, and those with higher alcohol severity were more likely to be Combined users than Non-Users. Those with higher alcohol severity were also more likely to be Combined users than Separate users. Combining energy drinks and alcohol is associated with higher rates of other risk behaviors among young drinkers. Future studies are needed to determine longitudinal relationships of energy drink use on substance use problem trajectories.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic Beverages Cross-Sectional Studies Emergency Service, Hospital Emergency Treatment Energy Drinks Female Humans Male Patient Acceptance Of Health Care Risk-Taking Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Alcohol Emergency Department Energy Drinks
• Source:
  Addict Behav. 2014; 43:11-17
• Pubmed ID:
  25528143
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4305014
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  D43 TW009310/TW/FIC NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49-CE002099/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; L30 DA034368/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE002099/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; K23-DA03608/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 AA007477/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49CE002099/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; R01-AA018122/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 AA018122/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32-AA007477/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K23 DA036008/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  43
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4e90b7eabc556bcfc2969098976886c610dd04215b9addb4e34ae08b6205f7d1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30260/cdc_30260_DS1.pdf
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