The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Paula
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Luis H, Soares, Soares Luis, Luis, Nobre, Joana Rita, Pinho, Lara Guedes, Albacar-Riobóo, Núria, Sequeira, Carlos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9211
Resumo: Funding: This research received no external funding.
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spelling The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education StudentsMental healthConfinementAddictive substancesHigher education studentsFunding: This research received no external funding.The mental health of higher education students is a constant concern, and the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 has intensified this concern. The social measures imposed to control and minimize the disease have led, among other things, to the reconfiguration of higher education students’ academic life habits, which has naturally altered their emotional balance, mental health, and substance abuse. This cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study assesses the influence of higher education students’ personal characteristics on their (self-reported) use of addictive substances (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and pharmaceutical drugs) before and during their first compulsory confinement in Portugal, as well as its relationship with mental health. An online questionnaire was applied between 15 April and 20 May 2020, to students from various study cycles of higher education institutions in one region of Portugal (northern area of Alentejo), which included the Mental Health Inventory in its reduced version (MHI-5) and questions (constructed by the authors) on personal characterization and on the use of addictive substances before and during confinement. The convenience sample included 329 mostly female health care students between the ages of 18 and 24. In our results, we found a statistically significant decrease in tobacco, alcohol, and drug use; however, there was an increase in tobacco use among older students and an increase in anxiolytic use among students with higher academic achievement and among students who exhibited more active social behavior in the period prior to confinement. Students who took anxiolytics during confinement had higher MHI-5 scores and students who used the most addictive substances during confinement had lower MHI-5 scores than the other students.MDPIIC-OnlineOliveira, Ana PaulaLuis H, SoaresSoares Luis, LuisNobre, Joana RitaPinho, Lara GuedesAlbacar-Riobóo, NúriaSequeira, Carlos2024-01-09T14:10:42Z2023-02-192023-02-19T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9211engOliveira, A.P.; Luis, H.; Luís, L.S.; Nobre, J.R.; Pinho, L.G.; Albacar-Riobóo, N.; Sequeira, C. The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students. Healthcare 2023, 11, 619. https://doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare110406192227-9032https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040619info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-17T15:58:52Zoai:iconline.ipleiria.pt:10400.8/9211Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:51:41.824240Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
title The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
spellingShingle The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
Oliveira, Ana Paula
Mental health
Confinement
Addictive substances
Higher education students
title_short The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
title_full The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
title_fullStr The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
title_sort The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Substance Use and Mental Health in Portuguese Higher Education Students
author Oliveira, Ana Paula
author_facet Oliveira, Ana Paula
Luis H, Soares
Soares Luis, Luis
Nobre, Joana Rita
Pinho, Lara Guedes
Albacar-Riobóo, Núria
Sequeira, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Luis H, Soares
Soares Luis, Luis
Nobre, Joana Rita
Pinho, Lara Guedes
Albacar-Riobóo, Núria
Sequeira, Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv IC-Online
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Ana Paula
Luis H, Soares
Soares Luis, Luis
Nobre, Joana Rita
Pinho, Lara Guedes
Albacar-Riobóo, Núria
Sequeira, Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mental health
Confinement
Addictive substances
Higher education students
topic Mental health
Confinement
Addictive substances
Higher education students
description Funding: This research received no external funding.
publishDate 2023
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2023-02-19T00:00:00Z
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