问题性卡特使用及其相关因素在埃塞俄比亚莱甘博省的高中生中普遍存在,埃塞俄比亚
Bihonegn Ligaba1, Minale Tareke2, Almaz Mamaru2
1Department of Psychiatry, Akesta General Hospital, Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Akesta, Ethiopia. bihonegnligaba2003@gmail.com.
BMC psychiatry
|July 29, 2025
概括
几乎五分之一的高中生表现出有问题的卡特使用 (PKU),与创伤和缺乏社会支持有关. 学业表现具有保护性,突出了对学校心理健康计划的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 卡特是一种在东非和中东广泛使用的精神活性物质,在青少年中患病率越来越高.
- 问题性卡特使用 (PKU) 是一种有害的使用模式,导致痛苦或损伤,但它仍未得到充分研究.
- 由于评估工具不一致,对PKU的特定属性和有效的预防/干预策略的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估高中学生中问题性卡特使用 (PKU) 的流行程度.
- 在这个人口群体中确定导致PKU的因素.
主要方法:
- 在埃塞俄比亚东北部的Legambo高中进行了一项横截面研究,涉及947名通过系统随机抽样选择的学生.
- 问题性卡特使用查测试 (PKUST-17) 用于评估PKU.
- 用二进制和多变量逻辑回归分析来确定相关因素,统计学意义设置为p < 0.05.
主要成果:
- 在学生中,PKU的患病率为19.7%,占学生中所有卡特使用者的46.5%.
- 整体使用卡特的流行率为42.3%.
- 与PKU相关的因素包括暴露于创伤性事件,年轻年龄,社会支持不足,抑郁症,父亲吸毒以及令人满意的学业成绩.
结论:
- 几乎五分之一的高中生表现出PKU,显著与创伤暴露,社会支持不足和父母教育水平较低有关.
- 满意的学业成绩成为PKU的保护因素.
- 这些发现强调了学校精神健康倡议和PKU标准化诊断标准的必要性,以及针对弱势青年的有针对性的预防.
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