PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE UMA POPULAÇÃO DE USUÁRIOS DE DROGAS DE ANÁPOLIS, GOIÁS - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A POPULATION OF DRUG USERS IN THE CITY OF ANÁPOLIS, GOIÁS

• Main Authors: Priscilla De Paula Gusmão (Author), Rayssa Ferreira Diniz Fernandes (Author), Rhávila Cristina Rezende (Author), Rodrigo De Souza Bonfim (Author), Yuri Viktor Porto (Author), Luciana Caetano Fernandes (Author), Léa Resende Moura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: UniEVANGÉLICA, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Objective: To describe the sociodemographic profile and the drug use pattern of rehabilitation centers in Anápolis and surroundings. Method: A cross-sectional, observational, descriptive and quantitative study. The research evaluated 144 drugs addicts in 7 centers from Anápolis and surroundings. The data was collected by objective and structured questionnaires elaborated by the researchers. The Chi-square test was used to verify the association among the categorical variables, and corrections by LikelihoodRatio. The significance level adopted was p<0,05. The software Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS, version 21) analyzed the data. Results: All patients were men, with an age average of 37,4 years old (DP ±11,6), 79 (54.9%) were unmarried from Goiás, and 67 (46.5%) whad brown skin with income Family ranging from 1 to 3 minimum wages. The main drugs used were alcohol (79,9%), followed by tobacco (64,4%) and cocaine/crack (57,6%). Fifteen patients (10,4%) had already injected drugs and most of them (60%) had already shared needles. Fourteen patients (9,7%) used 9 different kinds of drugs in the year before hospitalization. Conclusions: It was revealed the importance of outlining the sociodemographic profile and the pattern of drug use in order to establish public policies of prevention and treatment for this current public

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