| Summary: | Background : The consumption of alcohol these days is
common, not only for the adult, but also in every class
of ages. In general, adolescence has more vulnerable
psychological state than other period of ages. Traffic
accident is one of a highest factor responsible of the
cause of mortality in the world, including Indonesia.
Altered mental status, a result of alcohol consumption,
is also common as the cause of traffic accident.
Objectives : To find out the distribution frequency of
alcohol misuse in high school students in the city of
Yogyakarta and to find out the correlation between the
alcohol misuse and prevalence of motor vehicle accident
in high school students in the city of Yogyakarta.
Method : The data in this research is taken from the
answer of questionnaire by samples. The participating
samples are 11th grade students from 5 high schools in
the city of Yogyakarta. This research is an analytic
observational research with a cross-sectional method.
Result: There are 14 students from the total of 126
students from public high schools and 17 students from
the total of 35 students in private high schools of
Yogyakarta who has consumed alcohol. From the total of
those who has consumed, 19 are found to have a history
of traffic accident while 12 are found to not have a
history of traffic accident. There is no significant
correlation between the alcohol misuse and prevalence of
motor vehicle accident in high school students.
Conclusion : There is no significant correlation in the
result of the research, students with a history of
alcohol consumption has a 1,22 times higher risk of
having motor vehicle accident than those who do not have
a history of alcohol consumption
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