Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students

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Autor(a) principal: Andrade,Maria Eliane de
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Santos,Igor Henrique Farias, Souza,Antônio Araújo Menezes de, Silva,Aliane Caroline Santos, Leite,Tatiane dos Santos, Oliveira,Cristiane Costa da Cunha, Albuquerque Júnior,Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de
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Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of exposure to psychoactive substances in public students of basic education and its association with sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS This is a cross-sectional survey conducted from March to September 2015, involving 1,009 students of the basic and high school education in 20 public schools in the municipality of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil. The data have been compiled using questionnaires previously applied in national studies of the Brazilian Center for Psychotropic Drugs. The variables have been dichotomized for later logistic regression using the Chi-square test to analyze associations between experimentation with psychoactive substances and other sociodemographic variables; odds ratio and confidence intervals have also been calculated. The level of significance adopted was 5%. RESULTS We have identified that 69.6% of the students have experimented alcohol and 12.4% cigarettes. Age (≥ 15 years) has shown a significant association with experimentation with alcohol (p < 0.001) and cigarettes (p = 0.02), acting as risk factor in both cases (OR = 2.34 and 1, 78, respectively), but it acted as a protective factor for the use of inhalants (p = 0.03 and OR = 0.58) and weight loss medication (p = 0.006 and OR = 0.44). Religious practice had a significant association with experimentation with alcohol (p = 0.01), functioning as a protective factor (OR = 0.56). CONCLUSIONS We have concluded that the psychoactive substance most experienced by students was alcohol, followed by cigarettes, and chance for experimentation increases after the age of 15. Religious practice, in turn, acts as a protective factor for experimentation with alcohol.
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spelling Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school studentsAdolescentSubstance-Related Disorders, epidemiologyRisk FactorsCross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of exposure to psychoactive substances in public students of basic education and its association with sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS This is a cross-sectional survey conducted from March to September 2015, involving 1,009 students of the basic and high school education in 20 public schools in the municipality of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil. The data have been compiled using questionnaires previously applied in national studies of the Brazilian Center for Psychotropic Drugs. The variables have been dichotomized for later logistic regression using the Chi-square test to analyze associations between experimentation with psychoactive substances and other sociodemographic variables; odds ratio and confidence intervals have also been calculated. The level of significance adopted was 5%. RESULTS We have identified that 69.6% of the students have experimented alcohol and 12.4% cigarettes. Age (≥ 15 years) has shown a significant association with experimentation with alcohol (p < 0.001) and cigarettes (p = 0.02), acting as risk factor in both cases (OR = 2.34 and 1, 78, respectively), but it acted as a protective factor for the use of inhalants (p = 0.03 and OR = 0.58) and weight loss medication (p = 0.006 and OR = 0.44). Religious practice had a significant association with experimentation with alcohol (p = 0.01), functioning as a protective factor (OR = 0.56). CONCLUSIONS We have concluded that the psychoactive substance most experienced by students was alcohol, followed by cigarettes, and chance for experimentation increases after the age of 15. Religious practice, in turn, acts as a protective factor for experimentation with alcohol.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo2017-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102017000100273Revista de Saúde Pública v.51 2017reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.11606/s1518-8787.2017051006929info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAndrade,Maria Eliane deSantos,Igor Henrique FariasSouza,Antônio Araújo Menezes deSilva,Aliane Caroline SantosLeite,Tatiane dos SantosOliveira,Cristiane Costa da CunhaAlbuquerque Júnior,Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti deeng2017-08-29T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89102017000100273Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2017-08-29T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
title Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
spellingShingle Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
Andrade,Maria Eliane de
Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders, epidemiology
Risk Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
title_short Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
title_full Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
title_fullStr Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
title_full_unstemmed Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
title_sort Experimentation with psychoactive substances by public school students
author Andrade,Maria Eliane de
author_facet Andrade,Maria Eliane de
Santos,Igor Henrique Farias
Souza,Antônio Araújo Menezes de
Silva,Aliane Caroline Santos
Leite,Tatiane dos Santos
Oliveira,Cristiane Costa da Cunha
Albuquerque Júnior,Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de
author_role author
author2 Santos,Igor Henrique Farias
Souza,Antônio Araújo Menezes de
Silva,Aliane Caroline Santos
Leite,Tatiane dos Santos
Oliveira,Cristiane Costa da Cunha
Albuquerque Júnior,Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Andrade,Maria Eliane de
Santos,Igor Henrique Farias
Souza,Antônio Araújo Menezes de
Silva,Aliane Caroline Santos
Leite,Tatiane dos Santos
Oliveira,Cristiane Costa da Cunha
Albuquerque Júnior,Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders, epidemiology
Risk Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
topic Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders, epidemiology
Risk Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
description ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of exposure to psychoactive substances in public students of basic education and its association with sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS This is a cross-sectional survey conducted from March to September 2015, involving 1,009 students of the basic and high school education in 20 public schools in the municipality of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil. The data have been compiled using questionnaires previously applied in national studies of the Brazilian Center for Psychotropic Drugs. The variables have been dichotomized for later logistic regression using the Chi-square test to analyze associations between experimentation with psychoactive substances and other sociodemographic variables; odds ratio and confidence intervals have also been calculated. The level of significance adopted was 5%. RESULTS We have identified that 69.6% of the students have experimented alcohol and 12.4% cigarettes. Age (≥ 15 years) has shown a significant association with experimentation with alcohol (p < 0.001) and cigarettes (p = 0.02), acting as risk factor in both cases (OR = 2.34 and 1, 78, respectively), but it acted as a protective factor for the use of inhalants (p = 0.03 and OR = 0.58) and weight loss medication (p = 0.006 and OR = 0.44). Religious practice had a significant association with experimentation with alcohol (p = 0.01), functioning as a protective factor (OR = 0.56). CONCLUSIONS We have concluded that the psychoactive substance most experienced by students was alcohol, followed by cigarettes, and chance for experimentation increases after the age of 15. Religious practice, in turn, acts as a protective factor for experimentation with alcohol.
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