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Table 4 Harm experienced related to alcohol use among young people in eight Asian countries

From: Measuring and preventing alcohol use and related harm among young people in Asian countries: a thematic review

Country & authors

Study type & year

Age

Sample size

Harm experiences

China

 Wan et al., 2011 [79]

Cross-sectional survey in 6 cities

12–24

17,622

Alcohol use was significantly positively correlated with deliberate self-harm behaviors among youth.

 Zhou et al., [35]

cross-sectional survey in Shenzhen City

10–24

4138

None-fatal injuries among young people were significantly correlated with alcohol consumption in the last 12 months

India

 Esser et al., 2015 [80]

Household survey interview in 5 cities

15–24

741

About 23% females and 24% males aged 15–24 years reported experienced 5 or more types of harms due to other’s drinking, including physical, sexual, psychological, financial and social harms.

 Madhivanan et al., 2014 [81]

Cross-sectional survey in Mysore, 2005–06

15–30

898

Alcohol use was significantly associated the prevelance of intimate partner physical violence.

 Nadkarni et al., 2015 [82]

Cross-sectional survey in Goa

16–24

3663

Current alcohol use was significantly associated with physical violence in both young men and women.

Japan

 Higuchi et al., 1994 [37]

Cross-sectional survey

18–29

1225

Drinking alcohol in the past 12 months was significantly associated with experience of social problems.

South Korea

 Han et al., 2009 [18]

Nationally representative survey

12–19

71,404

Heavy drinking were found to be significantly associated with suicidalideation and suicidal attempts among boys and girls

 Kang et al., 2014 [83]

Sixth Korea Youth Risk Behavior

Web-based Survey in 2010

12–18

72,623

Alcohol consumption was significantly associated with suicide ideation and attempt among adolescents.

 Park et al., 2010 [84]

Household survey, 2005

18–39

5333,

Volume of alcohol consumption was significantly correlated with suicide ideation among young male and female adults.

 Seo et al., 2015 [85]

Cross-sectional survey 2008–2011

19–30

1176

Alcohol consumption volume and frequency were significantly and negatively associated with bone mineral density in young women.

 So and Park, 2016 [86]

Online self-administered questionnaire survey

12–18

74,186

Alcohol consumption was associated with youth low academic performance.

Malaysia

 Chan et al., 2013 [87]

cross-sectional survey 2008–09

17–18

4581

Alcohol use was significantly associated with youth suicidal behavior.

 Manickam et al., 2014 [36]

cross-sectional school-based survey 2012

12–17

25,285

Adolescents who had used alcohol were more likely to have used substance, experienced injuries and engaged in sexual behaviours.

 Mutalip et al., 2014 [19]

Cross-sectional population-based study 2011

12–29

746

Feeling of remorse/guilt after drinking; blackouts; injury to self or others and received abuse from others due to drinking.

Mongolia

 n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Thailand

 Assanangkornchai et al., 2009 [88]

Cross-sectional survey,

10–22

50,033

Alcohol use was significantly associated with a series of risk behaviours among youth, including drug misuse, drink-driving, injuries, physical violence, depression, suicide attempt and unwanted pregnancy.

 Balogun et al., 2014 [89]

Self-administered school-based survey

12–15

2761

Past 30-day alcohol use and lifetime drunkenness were associated with depression and anxiety-induced sleeplessness among students.

 Lohsoonthorn et al., 2013 [78]

Cross-sectional survey, 2010–11

18–22

2854

Alcohol consumption was significantly associated with increased odds of daytime dysfunction and sleepiness.

 Nakahara et al., 2005 [90]

Epidemiology study, injury data from 1998 to 2002

20–29

4015

Alcohol use was a significant predictor of fatal motocycle injuries.

 Tongklao et al., 2014 [91]

Cross-sectional survey, 2011–12

10–18

2267

Alcohol use before or during riding was significantly associated with motorcycle injuries and risky riding behaviours.

Vietnam

 Diep et al., 2010 [92]

Cross-sectional survey in two universities

18–29

619

12.3% of the total sample were identified with an AUDIT score of 8 or higher.

 Diep et al., 2013 [93]

Survey intervew on university students

17–28

699

Among drinking students: 47% of them had experienced negative influence on daliy activities; 8.9% of them reported having had social conflict; 68% of them reported loss of control, acute consequences, withdrawal; 22% of them had a mental health condition and physical illness; 12% of them had a medical health problem.

 Diep et al., 2015 [48]

Cross-sectional survey in 12 universities in 4 province in Vietnam

Mean age 20.1

6011

Students reported experience of physical and amenity harms, including sleep and study disturbances, property damage, being insulted/quarrelling, unwanted sex, being beaten/fighting/pushed/hit, traffic accident/crash due to other’s drinking.

 MT et al., 2012 [94]

Two National Population-Based Surveys -- Survey Assessment of Vietnamese Youth (SAVY 1 & 2)

14–19

4609 in SAVY 1 6508 in SAVY 2

Alcohol use was significantly associated with experiences of low mood and suicidal behaviors

 Tho et al. 2007 [95]

Cross-sectional survey in Nha Trang City

14–25

880

Young people who drink alcohol were more likely to be sexually active and to have had unsafe and unprotected sex.

  1. n/a means no papers or studies were identified within selection critriea