Intensidade de uso de crack de acordo com a classe econômica de usuários internados na cidade de Porto Alegre/Brasil

Abstract

OBJETIVOS: Investigar se há associação entre intensidade e frequência de uso de crack e o nível econômico de dependentes da droga e verificar se há relação entre classe econômica e intensidade e frequência de uso de crack em homens adultos em internação psiquiátrica. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal quantitativo. Instrumentos: entrevista estruturada, Critérios de Classificação Econômica Brasil e Miniexame do Estado Mental. Tratamento estatístico: análises descritivas e inferenciais (testes de Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis - nível de significância de 5%). RESULTADOS: Duzentos e vinte e um participantes foram divididos em dois grupos: (1) Grupo de maior nível econômico (classes A e B) e (2) Grupo de menor nível econômico (Classes C, D e E). Não houve diferença significativa (p = 0,893 - teste de Mann-Whitney) entre os grupos quanto à intensidade e à frequência de uso de crack. Também não houve relação significativa (p = 0,549 - teste de Kruskal-Wallis) entre classe econômica (A, B, C, D e E) e intensidade e frequência de uso de crack. CONCLUSÃO: Os dependentes de crack de maior e de menor poder aquisitivo não diferiram de forma significativa com relação à intensidade e à frequência de uso da droga. Não houve relação entre classe econômica e intensidade e frequência de uso de crack nesta amostra.

Profile and pattern of crack consumption among inpatients in a Brazilian psychiatric hospital

“…5 Previous research with crack inpatients, conducted at the Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro (HPSP), described the profile of users as single young adults with poor education, low incomes and dependency on and abuse of other drugs. 16 Crack-dependent inpatients in Porto Alegre have reported using other psychoactive substances 17 and describe consumption of crack mixed with tobacco or marijuana. 18 In the southern region of…”

Profile of Crack Users in Detoxification Process in Therapeutic Communities from Paraíba

“…For having a quick effect, crack is usually consumed with other chemical substances, such as alcohol, cigar, cocaine, marijuana and solvents [5,15,16], as shown in the results of this present study. Others investigations presented data that related crack morbidities to others substances, in which the dependents tend to begin the use with alcohol and cigar, and progress to smoking the stone alongside the others substances, for each used drug the risk to start consuming crack earlier increases [18].…”

“…In researches conducted, the crack dependents in detoxification were in average 27 years old and the majority were single [15,16]. In a study developed in a national level by Fundação Oswaldo Cruz -Fiocruz in 2014, with crack depen- dents, it is presented a profile with the prevalence of young adults having low schooling involved with the drug [17].…”

“…However, the fact that involvement with drugs generate debts makes it so it is not possible to expose with clarity their income condition, furthermore the break of family bonds, even if temporary, could categorize the dependent in a different economic class from when they were in the family environment [15].…”

Alterity and Identity Refusal: The Construction of the Image of the Crack User1

“…Recent data reported by Fiocruz (Bastos & Bertoni, 2014) highlight that there is a severe situation in which users lack assistance: 40% of those intensively using crack are homeless and experience extreme social deprivation. Even though this profile prevails, the use-pattern does not seem to differ according to the user's socio-economic status; the same characteristics are observed among users with greater purchasing power (Freire, Santos, Bortolini, Moraes, & Oliveira, 2012).…”