Comparative study of drug use among undergraduate students at the University of São Paulo: São Paulo campus in 1996 and 2001

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Vladimir De Andrade Stempliuk²  Lucia Pereira Barroso¹  Arthur Guerra De Andrade²  Sérgio Nicastri²  André Malbergier² 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Department of Psychiatry Grupo Interdisciplinar de Estudos de Álcool e DrogasSão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Alcohol drinking;    Tobacco;    Street drugs;    Students;    Cross-sectional studies;    Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas;    Tabaco;    Drogas ilícitas;    Estudantes;    Estudos transversais;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462005000300006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To compare the rate of drug use prevalence and to investigate opinions regarding such use among undergraduate students at the University of São Paulo - São Paulo campus in 1996 and again in 2001. METHODS: Both studies followed the same procedures of sampling and data collection. A random sample of undergraduate students, divided into the areas Humanities, Exact Sciences and Biologic Sciences, responded to an anonymous and self-report survey regarding the use of licit and illicit drugs within the last 30 days, within the last 12 months and over the lifetime of the subject. The two surveys were compared through the construction of (95%) confidence intervals for the prevalence differences for each substance by area and by total number of students. The Wald test for homogeneity was applied in order to compare the prevalences. RESULTS: High approval of regularly trying and using cocaine, crack, amphetamines and inhalants was observed. The drugs that showed statistic significant increasing were:lifetime use: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, hallucinogens, amphetamines, anticholines, barbiturics and any illicit drug;last-12-month use: marijuana, inhalants, amphetamines, hallucinogens and any illicit drug;last-30-day use: marijuana, inhalants, amphetamines and any illicit drug. DISCUSSON: The observed difference in the use of some drugs between the two surveys appears to be a consequence of the higher rates of favorable opinions regarding trying and regularly using some psychoactive substances, a finding that mirrors global trends in drug use.

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