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- Title
KNOWLEDGE AND CONSUMPTION OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES BY NURSING STUDENTS.
- Authors
Astrês Fernandes, Márcia; Coêlho de Araújo, Célio Cássio; Branco de Oliveira, Ana Lívia Castelo; de Miranda Silva Mendonça, Ana Karolyne; Andrelino Silva, Thallys Denneyson; Pinho Ribeiro, Hellany Karolliny
- Abstract
Objective: to evaluate the consumption and knowledge about psychoactive substances of nursing academics of a public university. Method: quantitative study, carried out with students of the Nursing course of a federal public university. The data collected from the printed form were evaluated and classified through the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0. Results: substance use by students was led by alcohol (80%), followed by hypnotic-sedatives (12%), marijuana (11%) and tobacco (10%). There was significant alcohol consumption in the month prior to the interview (29%). As for theoretical knowledge, the majority of respondents aged between 17 and 25 (34.5%) reported reading more than three texts on the topic. Conclusion: the problem of substance use is a topic of interest among nursing students despite the pattern of reported consumption of alcohol and tobacco in the same population.
- Subjects
CANNABIS (Genus); COLLEGE students; ALCOHOL drinking; HEALTH occupations students; INTERVIEWING; NURSING education; NURSING students; PSYCHIATRIC drugs; SUBSTANCE abuse; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; PUBLIC sector; QUANTITATIVE research; TOBACCO products; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 1, p878
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v12.7899