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Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in students in university campuses in Batna (B, Algeria), Miskolc (M, Hungary) and Rouen (R, France) in 2010 and 2011. The students completed an anonymous self-questionnaire. The questionnaire collected data, including the age, gender, alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, cannabis consumption (experimentation), practice of sport, perceived mental stress using the Cohen stress scale (on a total of 40), risk of cyber addiction using the Internet Stress Scale (Orman test) and sleeping disorders.
Results: A total of 1,917 students were included. The mean age was 21.2 years (SD=3.1) in B and R and 21.6 (SD=4.2) in M; the sex ratio M:F was 0.20 in B, 0.14 in M and 0.60 in R. In B, 4.1% of students were smokers, 21.5% in M and 22.5% in R (p<10-4). 2.3% in B, 15.4% in M and 41.4% in R experimented cannabis (p<10-4). In the last 12 months, 80.4% in M, 81.2% of students were drunk at least one time in R (p=0.34). Respectively in B, M and R, the mean stress level was 18.9 (SD=3.6), 21.9 (SD=5.0) and 15.9 (SD=3.1) (p<10-4). Respectively in B, M and R, 22.9% of students, 10.5% and 29.0% presented a high risk of cyberaddiction (p<10-4)
Conclusion: Alcohol consumption, smoking and cannabis use, which were common in the three university student populations, new behaviours risk as mental stress, cyberaddiction and sleeping disorders, appear problematic. These findings stress the need to investigate health risks and behaviours and to initiate specific prevention interventions in student populations using integrated approaches. There is an urgent need for public health practitioners working on these challenges in the three university campuses.
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