Drug use influence on mindfulness among nursing students

Abstract

Objective: To assess the association between the presence of drug use and the dimensions of mindfulness in a population of students of technical education in nursing. Method: Correlational study conducted in a teaching institution in the inlands of the state of São Paulo, in 2017. Participants were 135 students for which the ASSIST questionnaire with personal characterization data and the Mindfulness Five-facet Questionnaire were applied. Data were analyzed with use of descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: The most used drugs were alcohol, tobacco and cannabis. The lowest score for mindfulness was 49 and the maximum was 171 points. There was a positive association between the presence of drugs in the three previous months and the “non-reactivity to internal experience” facet (p=0.004). Conclusion: Although the association seems to be in line with the precepts of mindfulness, this fact cannot be considered positive if analyzed separately from the other concepts of mindfulness. Descriptors: Mindfulness; Substance Use Disorders; Nursing Students; Technical Education in Nursing; Mental Health.

Cannabis use, risk behaviours and harms in Brazil: A comprehensive review of available data indicators

“…In 2010, a non‐representative sample of university students assessed by the Inter‐American Drug Abuse Control Commission showed a prevalence of 13.8% for past‐year cannabis use [61]. Regional (e.g., city or state) samples ( n = 52–9974) identified rates of 8%–42% for lifetime, 2%–44% for past‐year, 9%–18% for past 3 months, and 0.6%–23% for past‐month cannabis use between 1996 and 2021 [62–83].…”