ABSTRACT:The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between drug use and maltreatment during childhood among students from one university in San Salvador. This is a cross-sectional study, on a sample size of 272 students with a sampling error of 5%. The results showed prevalence of drug use sometime in life of 43.0%, 6.6% of students reported had been sexually abused, 24.6% reported physical abuse, 24.6% reported verbal abuse, and 12.9% declared being emotionally or physically neglected. 55.1% reported a minimum level of psychological distress. 58.5% have friends who use drugs. Alcohol, cannabis and tobacco are the most used drugs. At least 70% of students who use drugs suffered some kind of abuse. In terms of partnerships, only physical abuse was found significantly associated with a probability of error less than 0.05. These data shouldn't be generalized to university students of San Salvador, El Salvador. DESCRIPTORS:Child abuse. Substance-related disorders. Students. Universities USO DE DROGAS E SUA RELAÇÃO COM MAUS-TRATOS NA INFÂNCIA EM ESTUDANTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE EM SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADORRESUMO: O objetivo do estudo foi analisar a relação entre o uso de drogas com os maus-tratos na infância entre estudantes universitários de uma universidade em San Salvador. Este é um estudo é transversal, com uma amostra de 272 alunos, e com erro amostral de 5%. Os resultados mais importantes foram que 6,6% dos alunos referem ter sofrido abuso sexual, 24,6% abuso físico e 24,6% abuso verbal, e 12,9% referiram ter sido fisica ou emocionalmente negligenciados. Díaz EAM, Mann R, Hamilton H, Erickson P, Brands B, Giesbrecht N, et al. USO DE DROGAS EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS Y SU RELACIÓN CON EL MALTRATO DURANTE LA NIÑEZ EN UNA UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR RESUMEN:El objetivo del estudio fue examinar la relación entre el uso de drogas en estudiantes universitarios de una universidad en San Salvador y su relación con el maltrato durante la niñez. Este estudio fue de corte transversal, siendo el tamaño de la muestra de 272 estudiantes, con un error muestral del 5%. Los resultados más importantes fueron: el 6.6% de los estudiantes manifestó haber sufrido abuso sexual, el 24.6% abuso físico y el mismo porcentaje fue reportado para el abuso verbal mientras que el 12.9% reportó negligencia emocional o física. El 55.1% reportó distress psicológico mínimo. El 43% ha consumido drogas alguna vez en su vida. El 58.45% tiene amigos que usan drogas. El alcohol, el cannabis y el tabaco son las drogas más usadas. El 70% de los estudiantes que usan drogas sufrieron algún tipo de maltrato. En cuanto a las asociaciones, sólo en el abuso físico se encontró una asociación estadísticamente significativa con una probabilidad de error menor al 0.05. Los datos no pueden ser generalizados a los estudiantes universitarios de San Salvador, El Salvador. DESCRIPTORES:Maltrato a los niños. Trastornos relacionados con substancia. Estudiantes. Universidades.
This study investigated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adulthood drug abuse among university students from seven universities in five countries in Latin America and one country in the Caribbean. This multi-country study utilised a cross-sectional design to collect data on drug abuse, as well as retrospective data on maltreatment during childhood. The sample consisted of 2,283 university students, of which 82.6% reported childhood maltreatment experiences, and 33.5% increased levels of psychological distress. A significant relationship was observed between childhood maltreatment and drug abuse as an adult (p<0.05). Although the sampling technique does not permit generalisations to all university students, the current study identified exposure to childhood maltreatment as a potential precursor to adult drug abuse within the populations studied. Therefore, the effectiveness of drug demand reduction strategies at the respective universities may be enhanced by incorporating policies and interventions aimed at childhood maltreatment.
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