在尼日利亚大学本科生中开发和验证大麻使用障碍量表
O A Owoeye1, O F Aina2, O Makanju3
1Department of Clinical Services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.
West African journal of medicine
|October 31, 2023
概括
一个新的查工具,大麻使用障碍量表 (CUDS),有效地检测了尼日利亚大学生使用大麻的情况. 这种有效可靠的仪器有助于在这个人群中识别有问题的物质使用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 药物滥用研究 药物滥用研究
背景情况:
- 精神活性物质的使用是一个重要的公共卫生问题,特别是在青少年和年轻人中.
- 大麻使用很普遍,并与各种健康并发症有关,需要有效的查方法.
- 本科生代表了查的关键人口统计,因为潜在的危险物质使用模式.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证用于检测大麻使用障碍 (CUD) 的查清单.
- 在尼日利亚大学学生群体中确定大麻使用障碍量表 (CUDS) 的心理特征.
主要方法:
- 尼日利亚一所大学对306名本科生进行了横截面研究.
- 大麻使用障碍量表 (CUDS) 开发并与大麻使用问题识别测试 (CUPIT) 进行验证.
- 统计分析包括相关性,凯泽-梅耶-奥尔金 (KMO) 测试,巴莱特球状性测试,克伦巴赫的α和Guttman分半可靠性.
主要成果:
- 大麻使用障碍量表 (CUDS) 显示出强烈的并发有效性 (r=0.722**) 和构造有效性 (KMO=0.900).
- 内部一致性很高,克伦巴赫的α值为0.906**,古特曼的分半可靠性为0.862**.
- 平均CUDS得分为41.00,高于这一点的得分表明大麻使用的阳性选.
结论:
- 新开发的大麻使用障碍量表 (CUDS) 是用于查大麻使用的有效和可靠的工具.
- 在尼日利亚,CUDS可以有效地用于在大学生中早期发现大麻使用障碍.
- 该研究为旨在解决学术环境中物质使用问题的公共卫生倡议提供了有价值的工具.
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