Risk factors for Central Nervous System drug use among nursing students

• Main Authors: Victórya Suéllen Maciel Abreu (Author), Davi Oliveira Teles (Author), Hillary Bastos Vasconcelos Rodrigues (Author), José Mateus Pires (Author), Paula Renata Amorim Lessa Soares (Author), Priscila de Souza Aquino (Author), Samila Gomes Ribeiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

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.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0756