Psychoactive substance use among medical residents in Tunisia
Introduction Recent studies in the word found an increase of substance use among medical students. Objectives To determine the prevalence of substance use and associated factors among medical residents in Tunisia. Methods It was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study among medical res...
| 出版年: | European Psychiatry |
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| 主要な著者: | , , , , , |
| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-06-01
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822009397/type/journal_article |
| 要約: | Introduction
Recent studies in the word found an increase of substance use among medical students.
Objectives
To determine the prevalence of substance use and associated factors among medical residents in Tunisia.
Methods
It was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study among medical residents from the 4 medical faculties of Tunisia. A questionnaire was created from Google Forms and was published on the social network Facebook. We asked about the current consumption of different psychoactive substances. We used the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to identify depressive symptoms.
Results
The sample included 241 residents. The female sex was predominant (83.4%, n = 201). The average age was 28.18 (± 2.13) years. Among these residents, 27.8% (n = 67) currently consume at least one psychoactive substance and 71% (n = 171) had depressive symptoms. The substances consumed by residents were: tobacco 18.7% (n = 45), alcohol 18.7% (n = 45), cannabis 6.2% (n = 15) , amphetamine 3.3% (n = 8), sleeping pills (without medical prescription) 2.9% (n = 7), hallucinogens 2.9% (n = 7), cocaine 2.1 % (n = 5) and inhaled solvents 0.4% (n = 1).
The use of at least one psychoactive substance was significantly associated with male sex (p = 0.01), the presence of financial problems (p = 0.08), lack of religiosity (p <0.001), feeling of life dissatisfaction (p = 0.01), uncertainty about life events (p = 0.05) and the presence of depression (p = 0.018).
Conclusions
Psychoactive substance use has become a growing problem among residents in Tunisia. The associated factors should attract attention to identify these subjects.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| ISSN: | 0924-9338 1778-3585 |