Policonsumo simultáneo de drogas en estudiantes de pregrado del área de la salud de una universidad, San Salvador - El Salvador

Abstract

resumen: El objetivo del estudio fue describir los patrones de policonsumo simultáneo de drogas en estudiantes de pregrado de una universidad de la ciudad de San Salvador, El Salvador. Estudio de diseño transversal y análisis descriptivo, con un tamaño de la muestra de 309 estudiantes. Un 5.18% de los estudiantes reporto policonsumo simultaneo en los últimos 12 meses, cifra que se reduce a 4.21% para los últimos 30 días. La edad promedio de inicio del policonsumo fue 16.9 años. En los últimos 12 meses y 30 días, la combinación más usada entre los estudiantes fue alcohol + tabaco con 2.3%. Las características de consumo más referidas fueron: el aprendizaje individual/por sí mismo, el consumo en grupos mixtos, fuera de la universidad/en clubes nocturnos y el hacerlo para la relajación. descriPtores: Estudiantes. Drogas ilictas. Conducta adictiva. Trastornos relacionados con sustancias. Factores de riesgo.simultaneous PolYdrug use among undergraduate students oF HealtH sciencies From one universitY, san salvador -el salvador aBstract: The objective of the study was to describe patterns of simultaneous polydrug use among undergraduate students at one university in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador. The study was cross-sectional, with a descriptive analysis, with a sample size of 309. Simultaneous polydrug use was reported by 5.18% of the students for the last 12 months, and 4.21% for the last 30 days. The average onset age for polydrug use was 16.9 years. In the last 12 months and 30 days, the most common combination by used by the students was alcohol + tobacco 2.3%. The characteristics of consumption most referred were: learning individually by themselves, consumption in gender mixed groups, out side university in nightclubs, and to do it for relaxing.

Uso de drogas en estudiantes universitarios y su relación con el maltrato durante la niñez en una universidad de San Salvador, El Salvador

“…[25][26][27] Some studies, in turn, have disclosed that the standard consumption of drugs among adolescents today is that of "multiple consumption". 18,28 Data from the study point out a direct correlation between psychoactive substance use and abuse and physical maltreatment in childhood. Among the students in the sampling that abuse drugs, 70% had suffered some kind of maltreatment, against 30.43% of those students that had suffered physical maltreatment in childhood and used drugs once in their lives.…”

“…10 In El Salvador the increasing tendency towards the use of psychoactive substances among university students is also considered to be a public health issue. [18][19] The socio-demographic features of the sampling were designed to have no predominant gender, and the average age range was from 18 to 24 years old, that is, the young adult stage when university students typically experience their academic lives.…”

Uso de drogas en estudiantes de una universidad de El Salvador y su relación con el maltrato durante la niñez

“…Eighty-seven point nine percent of students believed that they were not abused during childhood, which is in line with the region's cultural aspects, where the majority of adults consider physical maltreatment to be a tolerated means of educating and socializing. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] According to the results of the Adverse Childhood Experience questionnaire (ACE), and in contrast with the perception of maltreatment expressed by university students, 70% of students suffered some kind of maltreatment during childhood, in similar proportions for both genders, and this is a valuable piece of information to take into account, because many authors have found that experiencing maltreatment during childhood is a risk factor associated with drug use. [1][2][3]15,[17][18][19][20] Regarding the types of maltreatment reported by university students, physical abuse and verbal abuse were the two most frequent types, and although sexual abuse was the least frequent, it was also present.…”

“…These results confirm those of other studies carried out in the country,13,23-24 while some studies have shown that the pattern of drug consumption among adolescents is currently "poly-drug use." 13,26 According to the first study on drug use and other issues with student populations at five universities in El Salvador,6 70.8% of university students stated that they had used some kind of licit or illicit drug over the course of their lives, and 45.1% of students had used some kind of licit or illicit drug over the past year. Except for alcohol and tobacco, the results of this study conducted in 2009 show that the most used drugs were: cannabis, with 3.3%; solvents with 0.7%; cocaine with 0.6%; and hashish with a little more than 0.5%.…”

Prevalencia del consumo de cigarrillos y otras formas de tabaco en estudiantes universitarios

“…En los últimos doce meses, la prevalencia de consumo fue 15,1%, el género masculino presentó 19,9% y el femenino 10,9%; en los últimos 30 días el consumo fue de 9,3%, el género masculino presentó 13,2% y el femenino 5,9%. 5,6 En Chile, 7 se encontró un 18,6% de consumo de cigarrillos; en México 8 fue de 9,7% (IC 95%: 8,9 a 10,6) entre los adolescentes que declararon que habían fumado por lo menos cien cigarrillos de tabaco durante toda su vida; en una universidad de Colombia,Universidad Evangélica de El Salvador Prevalencia del consumo de cigarrillos y otras formas de tabaco en estudiantes universitarios (pág. 19-27) Fabio Bautista-Pérez C R E A C I E N C I A prevención y/o tratamiento a los estudiantes que ya sufren adicción al consumo de tabaco, para que reduzcan el consumo o dejen de fumar en forma voluntaria.…”