Cognitive functions and neuropsychological status of medical students with different attitudes to alcohol use: A study conducted at the Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus

Welcome, M. Osain; Разводовский, Ю. Е.; Переверзева, Е. В.; Переверзев, В. А.

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“…Previous studies worldwide have reported different prevalence in medical students. In Europe (including Turkey), the percentages range from 6.4% to 24.6% , in South America, from 7.3% to 27.7% and in North America we found a prevalence of 15% . These findings support what is reported by the literature, which not only highlights the growing trend of harmful alcohol consumption in medical students, but also mentions that it is higher in America and Europe .…”

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Alcohol consumption and suicide risk in medical internship: A Peruvian multicentric study

Carrasco-Farfán

Alvarez-Cutipa

Vílchez-Cornejo

et al. 2019

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aim Suicide and harmful alcohol consumption are major health problems, especially in medical students. This study aimed to evaluate the association between risk for alcohol abuse and suicide risk in medical interns of Peruvian hospitals. Design and Methods We conducted a multicentre cross‐sectional study in medical interns from 18 Peruvian hospitals. We measured suicide risk, risk for alcohol abuse, depression and self‐esteem using the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale, CAGE, Zung Self‐Rating Depression Scale and Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale, respectively. We used χ2 and Student t‐tests for descriptive analysis. To evaluate the association between risk for alcohol abuse and suicide risk we generated crude and adjusted Poisson regression models with robust variance and estimated prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals. Results We surveyed 433 medical interns. The prevalence of suicide risk and risk for alcohol abuse was 19.6% and 27.5%, respectively. We found significant differences in suicide risk according to age (P < 0.001), region of origin (P = 0.002), with whom the participant lived (P < 0.001), university of origin (P = 0.040), type of hospital (P = 0.042), family history of attempted suicide (P = 0.043), self‐esteem level (P < 0.001) and alcohol consumption (P < 0.001). In the adjusted model, age (PRa: 1.11, 95% confidence interval 1.05–1.17) and risk for alcohol abuse (PRa: 7.60, 95% confidence interval 4.46–12, 96) were associated with suicide risk. Discussion and Conclusions Two out of 10 medical interns had a positive screening for suicide risk. Age and especially risk for alcohol abuse were the associated variables.

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“…Previous studies worldwide have reported different prevalence in medical students. In Europe (including Turkey), the percentages range from 6.4% to 24.6% [36,[58][59][60], in South America, from 7.3% to 27.7% [30,37,[61][62][63] and in North America we found a prevalence of 15% [64,65].…”

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Alcohol consumption and suicide risk in medical internship: A Peruvian multicentric study

Carrasco-Farfán

Alvarez-Cutipa

Vílchez-Cornejo

et al. 2019

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…During brain activation (as in mental activities), glucose uptake by brain cells can be increased up to ~90%. Our previous analysis also showed that the contribution of blood glucose level necessary to maintain the function of the brain is about 40% and may increase to 90% or more during prolonged mental work [ 49 – 51 ]. During hypoglycemia, brain function is greatly reduced, but ketone bodies serve (especially during continuing and prolonged fasting) to provide a significant part of the energy needs of the brain [ 52 , 53 ].…”

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Sweet Taste Receptor Signaling Network: Possible Implication for Cognitive Functioning

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2015

Neurology Research International

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Sweet taste receptors are transmembrane protein network specialized in the transmission of information from special “sweet” molecules into the intracellular domain. These receptors can sense the taste of a range of molecules and transmit the information downstream to several acceptors, modulate cell specific functions and metabolism, and mediate cell-to-cell coupling through paracrine mechanism. Recent reports indicate that sweet taste receptors are widely distributed in the body and serves specific function relative to their localization. Due to their pleiotropic signaling properties and multisubstrate ligand affinity, sweet taste receptors are able to cooperatively bind multiple substances and mediate signaling by other receptors. Based on increasing evidence about the role of these receptors in the initiation and control of absorption and metabolism, and the pivotal role of metabolic (glucose) regulation in the central nervous system functioning, we propose a possible implication of sweet taste receptor signaling in modulating cognitive functioning.

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“…В различных работах продемонстрировано формирование начальных признаков алкогольных проблем у студентов, даже при редком употреблении спиртных напитков -снижение концентрации внимания, более низкие умственная работоспособность и академическая успеваемость, тревожность и симптомы депрессии [26]. В исследованиях [27] представлены ассоциативные связи между злоупотреблением алкоголем, сексуальной агрессией и рискованным сексуальным поведением у обучающихся мужского пола.…”

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The Prevalence of Risk Factors for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Student Population

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Деев²,

Лукашова³

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В обзоре представлены результаты эпидемиологических и клинических исследований, свидетельствующие о высокой распространенности факторов риска хронических неинфекционных заболеваний в студенческой популяции, их частом сочетании и потенцирующем негативном влиянии на состояние здоровья и академическую успеваемость учащихся. Результаты анализа литературных источников обосновывают перспективность дальнейших многолетних популяционных эпидемиологических исследований, трендов и возрастного трекинга основных факторов риска хронических неинфекционных заболеваний в популяции студентов, с организацией эффективной межведомственной системы медико-социального сопровождения обучающихся и разработкой дифференцированных превентивных технологий. Ключевые слова: ХНИЗ, факторы риска, популяция студентов, профилактика.

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Cognitive functions and neuropsychological status of medical students with different attitudes to alcohol use: A study conducted at the Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus

Cited by 5 publications

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Alcohol consumption and suicide risk in medical internship: A Peruvian multicentric study

Alcohol consumption and suicide risk in medical internship: A Peruvian multicentric study

Sweet Taste Receptor Signaling Network: Possible Implication for Cognitive Functioning

The Prevalence of Risk Factors for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Student Population

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