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- Title
Status of Substance use among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Selected Government Medical College in Puducherry -- An Explanatory Mixed Method Study.
- Authors
Lokesh N.; Sivaranjini K.; Rajaa, Sathish; Bharadwaj, Balaji; Sahu, Swaroop Kumar
- Abstract
Background: Studies have shown increase in health-risking behavior and a decline in health-promoting behavior among medical students during their stay in medical school. This study aims to determine the prevalence and reason for substance abuse among the undergraduate medical students in a selected medical college in Puducherry. Material and Methods: This was a facility-based explanatory mixed method study conducted from May 2019 to July 2019. Assessment of their substance abuse was done using ASSIST questionnaire. Substance use was summarized as proportions with 95% CI. Results: A total of 379 participants were included in the study. The mean age of the study participants was 20 years (± 1.34). The most prevalent substance use was alcohol (10.8%). About 1.9% and 1.6% of students surveyed consume tobacco and cannabis, respectively. Conclusion: Facilitating factors for substance use as perceived by the participants were stress, peer pressure, easy availability of substances, socialization, curiosity, and awareness knowledge about safe limits of alcohol and tobacco.
- Subjects
INDIA; SUBSTANCE abuse risk factors; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE abuse; CONFIDENCE intervals; MEDICAL students; RESEARCH methodology; HEALTH occupations students; PEER pressure; UNDERGRADUATES; RISK assessment; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; ALCOHOLS (Chemical class); TOBACCO products; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
- Publication
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023, Vol 48, Issue 2, p258
- ISSN
0970-0218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_202_22