Patterns of alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use in British university students: interfaculty comparisons

Webb, Elspeth; Ashton, Heather; Kelly, Peter; Kamali, Farhad

doi:10.1016/s0376-8716(97)00083-5

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“…In this study, smoking was less common than in other countries 11,20 . In prior studies of Brazilian student populations, Petroianu et al (2000) found a 35% rate of tobacco smoking, and Passoset et al (2006), 54.3%.…”

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“…dIscussIon Alcohol, tobacco, and psychotropic drug use is a worldwide health problem, which has prompted a wealth of studies on the issue. University students 19,20 , including medical students, are affected by substance use [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]21 . In researching the issue, one must take particular care to avoid generalizing data analyzed from a preconceived standpoint, particularly in light of cultural, political, and social stances towards psychotropic substance use [22][23][24] .…”

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Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Petroianu¹,

Reis²,

Cunha³

et al. 2010

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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objectIve. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic drug consumption by students of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) School of Medicine, Brazil, and to ascertain aspects related to substance use in this population. Methods. This study was carried out with students of all years of the UFMG Medicine course, who were invited to participate anonymously by answering a self-administered questionnaire that has previously been validated and adapted to the Brazilian reality. The instrument was based on World Health Organization methods for development of student drug use surveys and included 25 questions on substance use. The Student t test and chi-square testing were performed for comparison of means and proportions. results. Alcohol and tobacco were the most commonly used substances, consumed by 85.2% and 16.3% of students respectively. Among the psychotropic drugs, use of cannabis was reported by 16.5% of students, LSD by 6.9%, sedatives by 12%, amphetamines by 7.5% and inhalant substances by 16.8%. Use of cocaine, crack, opiates, anticholinergics and anabolic steroids was rarely mentioned. conclusIon. Alcohol was the most widely used substance, and its consumption was associated with other drug addictions. Drugs were used most frequently by single, male students who live alone and need not work to support themselves.

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Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Petroianu¹,

Reis²,

Cunha³

et al. 2010

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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“…These results were generally comparable to, or less than previous studies. 1,2,6,7 Four per cent of dental students admitted to being current users of ecstasy, compared to only 1.6% of law students. The consequences of being caught using illegal drugs are extremely serious, both legally, with the potential for imprisonment, and professionally, with the potential for being struck off, or refused admission to the dental register.…”

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A comparison of alcohol and drug use among dental undergraduates and a group of non-medical, professional undergraduates

Barber¹,

Fairclough²

2006

Br Dent J

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“…These findings are similar to those of an earlier cross-sectional nationwide study of student lifestyles in UK universities. 7 The aforementioned cross-sectional studies can only reveal a snapshot, in relation to time, of the drinking and drug taking behaviours of students surveyed. However, it is not clear whether the prevalence of excessive drinking and substance misuse in dental students alters with time as these individuals progress through their degree course and work as dentists.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] A recent cross-sectional study of dental students in the UK reported excessive alcohol consumption and illicit drug use among dental students; 10 of those drinking, 63% of males and 42% of females drank in excess of sensible weekly limits (<14 units for females, <21 units for males), 14 with 56% of males and 58.5% of females classified as 'binge drinking' . Fifty five per cent of the students reported cannabis use at least once or twice since starting dental school, with 8% of males and 6% of females reporting current regular use at least once a week.…”

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The changing patterns of drinking, illicit drug use, stress, anxiety and depression in dental students in a UK dental school: a longitudinal study

2002

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Objective To investigate alcohol and illicit drug use in a cohort of dental undergraduates through to VT year. Setting A UK dental school (with a medical school comparison group). Subjects and methods A cohort of dental students anonymously completed a lifestyle questionnaire about drinking and smoking, illicit drug use, stress, anxiety and depression in the spring of 1995 and 1998 as second and final year undergraduate students respectively, and in the summer of 1999 after one year working as qualified dentists. A parallel cohort of medical students also anonymously completed the questionnaire at the same time points in their undergraduate course as for the dental students, and at the end of a year working as Pre-Registration House Officers (PRHOs). Results The proportion of dental students in Newcastle drinking above the recommended low risk limits of alcohol declined from 47% as second year students to 25% as final year students and then it increased to 41% as qualified dentists, whilst in medical students it steadily increased over the three time points of the survey (33% to 43% to 54%). A greater proportion of dental students were drinking at hazardous levels at all three time-points, compared with medical students. Experimentation with illicit drugs ranged from 47% as second year students to 54% as final year students and to 51% as dentists. The prevalence of illicit drug use in medical students was similar to that in dental students. Forty seven per cent of the dental student cohort as second year students, 67% as final year students and 16% as dentists suffered from possible pathological anxiety, compared with 47%, 26% and 30% in the medical student cohort. The proportion of dentists suffering from stress decreased from 72% as final year students to 19% as dentists. In the medical student group, the proportion increased from 32% as final year students to 39% as PRHOs. Conclusion This longitudinal study revealed that a high proportion of dental students from Newcastle continue to drink excessively and experiment with illicit drugs both as undergraduates and as practising

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Patterns of alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use in British university students: interfaculty comparisons

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Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

A comparison of alcohol and drug use among dental undergraduates and a group of non-medical, professional undergraduates

The changing patterns of drinking, illicit drug use, stress, anxiety and depression in dental students in a UK dental school: a longitudinal study

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