Risk factors for Central Nervous System drug use among nursing students

• Autor(a) principal: Abreu,Victórya Suéllen Maciel
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Teles,Davi Oliveira, Rodrigues,Hillary Bastos Vasconcelos, Pires,José Mateus, Soares,Paula Renata Amorim Lessa, Aquino,Priscila de Souza, Ribeiro,Samila Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672022000500173
• topic: Central Nervous System Agents; Risk Factors; Students, Nursing; Mental Health; Nursing

ABSTRACT Objectives: to verify sociodemographic, academic and health risk factors for Central Nervous System drug use among nursing students. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 199 public undergraduate students from Ceará, using Characterization Instrument, Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Fischer’s exact test and Pearson’s chi-square test were performed, verifying an association between variables. Prevalence ratio was used. Results: a total of 34 used such drugs, with predominance of use of anxiolytics, associated with age (p=0.026), dissatisfaction with the relationship between classmates (p=0.003), insomnia (p=0.009), chronic disease (p=0.001), depression (p=0.035), and severe anxiety (p=0.023). Conclusions: using Central Nervous System drugs among students was associated with sociodemographic, academic and health factors, evidencing the need for actions promoting undergraduate students’ mental health.