Psychoactive drug use among working and non-working adolescent students from the state school network in Cuiabá, Western Brazil. / Uso de drogas Psicoativas entre Estudantes Adolescentes Trabalhadores e não Trabalhadores da Rede Estadual de Ensino de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso.

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2006

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Objective: to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with lifetime use of psychoactive drugs among working and non-working adolescent students. Methods: we carried out an analytical cross-sectional study using a clustered sample stratified by type of education. We administered an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire in classroom. Our sample included 2,718 adolescents (993 workers and 1,725 non-workers) enrolled in 1998 in the state school network of Cuiabá, Center-Western Brazil. We considered as lifetime use the consumption of any psychoactive drug at least once in life. We used bivariate and multivariate analysis, including logistic regression and a decision tree based on the CHAID algorithm (Chi-squared automatic interaction Detection). Results: We found 22.7% prevalence of lifetime drug use, excluding alcohol and tobacco. This prevalence was greater among workers (28.5%) than among non-workers (19.3%). Prevalence for individual drugs was 81.0% and 65,8% for alcohol, 43.7% and 26,8% for tobacco, 14.6% and 11,7% for solvents, 8.6% and 4,4% for marijuana, 6.9% and 3,6% for amphetamines, 6.4% and 3,3% for anxiolitics, and 3.2% and 1.4% for cocaine. Absenteeism was a risk factor for drug use among both groups. Other risk factors included poor relationship between parents among workers (OR = 1.53; 95%;CI:1.10-2.12) and poor relationship with father among non-workers (OR = 1.56; 95%;CI:1.14-2.14). Conclusion: Differences and similarities between working and non-working students must be considered when implementing educational strategies aimed at modifying drug use related behavior.

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psiquiatria work, adolescent student, psychoactive drugs, epidemiology, mental health. 1. trabalho. 2. estudante adolescente. 3. drogas psicoativas 4. saúde mental 5. epidemiologia 6. saúde pública

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