加纳大学生中使用特拉马多尔的患病率和相关因素:一个横截面调查
Joseph Lasong1, Yula Salifu2, Jonas Assani Wa Mwenda Kakungu3
1Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. jlasong@uds.edu.gh.
BMC psychiatry
|November 28, 2024
概括
在加纳大学生中,终身使用特拉马多尔是一个重大的公共卫生问题,男性和大麻使用者面临更高的风险. 这凸显了迫切需要有针对性的干预措施和政策变革来制物质滥用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物滥用研究 药物滥用研究
- 加纳的高等教育.
背景情况:
- 在低收入至中等收入国家观察到非医疗用特拉马多尔的使用,成和依赖率令人担忧.
- 特拉马多尔使用对社会互动,身体和认知功能产生负面影响,特别是在多种物质使用的年轻人中.
- 关于加纳本科生使用特拉马多尔的文献有限,需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 确定在加纳本科生中使用特拉马多尔的流行程度.
- 为了确定与此人群中使用特拉马多尔相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项基于机构的横截面研究.
- 配额采样包括来自加纳塔马莱发展研究大学的600名本科生 (2023年1月至3月).
- 使用SPSS和多重后勤回归来分析数据,以确定相关因素 (p ≤0.05).
主要成果:
- 终身使用特拉马多尔的患病率为17.8%,其中85.05%与其他物质一起使用.
- 男性学生 (AOR 2.673) 和那些有大麻使用史的人 (AOR 2.137) 显示出与终身使用特拉马多尔的显著关联.
- 高风险组包括男性,单身学生,独居者和一年级学生;学业表现是首要的启动原因.
结论:
- 在加纳大学中,终身使用特拉马多尔很普遍,并对公共卫生构成威胁.
- 男性性别和同时使用大麻是使用特拉马多尔的重要危险因素.
- 全面的学校/社区活动和加强政府政策对于减少特拉马多尔和多种物质的使用和减轻负面结果至关重要.
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