CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Current Statistics report that psychotropic drugs consumption is increasing among young people and this is related to social and demographic factors such as age and gender, and also to psychosocial factors as friends influence and personal relations inside the family. The aim of this study is to det...

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Autores principales:	Gloria I. MARTÍNEZ D., Lina M. MARTÍNEZ S., María de los Ángeles RODRÍGUEZ G., Paula A. MESA M., Juan E. MUÑOZ M., Julián BEDOYA M.
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Publicado:	Universidad de Antioquia 2009
Materias:	Psychotropic drugs Psychopharmacology Pharmacoepidemiology Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Pharmaceutical industry HD9665-9675
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5a928e9975d847ee8af197cf3fa0a4902021-11-19T04:17:17ZCHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES0121-40042145-2660https://doaj.org/article/5a928e9975d847ee8af197cf3fa0a4902009-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/vitae/article/view/796https://doaj.org/toc/0121-4004https://doaj.org/toc/2145-2660Current Statistics report that psychotropic drugs consumption is increasing among young people and this is related to social and demographic factors such as age and gender, and also to psychosocial factors as friends influence and personal relations inside the family. The aim of this study is to determine social and demographic characteristics as well as prevalence and patterns of psychotropic drugs use among students of health sciences- medicine and nursery-. Pharmacological groups, the most used drugs, prevalence, frequency, and person who motivates psychotropic drugs consumption are also investigated. A crosssectional study was carried out with 820 students queried, 71.7% are female, and the group average age is 21.1 years. Prevalence use of psychotropic drugs is 18.3% for nursery and 16.5% for medicine, but this difference is not statistically significant, and it is greater in men (19%) than in women (10%), p=0.02. The findings of this study confirm the world tendency of high psychotropic drugs consumption among young people, where antidepressants appear in the first place (12.9%) independent if the consumption comes of medical prescription or self-medication. Gloria I. MARTÍNEZ D.Lina M. MARTÍNEZ S.María de los Ángeles RODRÍGUEZ G.Paula A. MESA M.Juan E. MUÑOZ M.Julián BEDOYA M.Universidad de AntioquiaarticlePsychotropic drugsPsychopharmacologyPharmacoepidemiologyFood processing and manufactureTP368-456Pharmaceutical industryHD9665-9675ENVitae, Vol 15, Iss 2 (2009)
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topic	Psychotropic drugs Psychopharmacology Pharmacoepidemiology Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Pharmaceutical industry HD9665-9675
spellingShingle	Psychotropic drugs Psychopharmacology Pharmacoepidemiology Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Pharmaceutical industry HD9665-9675 Gloria I. MARTÍNEZ D. Lina M. MARTÍNEZ S. María de los Ángeles RODRÍGUEZ G. Paula A. MESA M. Juan E. MUÑOZ M. Julián BEDOYA M. CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES
description	Current Statistics report that psychotropic drugs consumption is increasing among young people and this is related to social and demographic factors such as age and gender, and also to psychosocial factors as friends influence and personal relations inside the family. The aim of this study is to determine social and demographic characteristics as well as prevalence and patterns of psychotropic drugs use among students of health sciences- medicine and nursery-. Pharmacological groups, the most used drugs, prevalence, frequency, and person who motivates psychotropic drugs consumption are also investigated. A crosssectional study was carried out with 820 students queried, 71.7% are female, and the group average age is 21.1 years. Prevalence use of psychotropic drugs is 18.3% for nursery and 16.5% for medicine, but this difference is not statistically significant, and it is greater in men (19%) than in women (10%), p=0.02. The findings of this study confirm the world tendency of high psychotropic drugs consumption among young people, where antidepressants appear in the first place (12.9%) independent if the consumption comes of medical prescription or self-medication.
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author	Gloria I. MARTÍNEZ D. Lina M. MARTÍNEZ S. María de los Ángeles RODRÍGUEZ G. Paula A. MESA M. Juan E. MUÑOZ M. Julián BEDOYA M.
author_facet	Gloria I. MARTÍNEZ D. Lina M. MARTÍNEZ S. María de los Ángeles RODRÍGUEZ G. Paula A. MESA M. Juan E. MUÑOZ M. Julián BEDOYA M.
author_sort	Gloria I. MARTÍNEZ D.
title	CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES
title_short	CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES
title_full	CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES
title_fullStr	CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES
title_full_unstemmed	CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES
title_sort	characteristics of comsumption of psychotropic drugs among students of health sciences
publisher	Universidad de Antioquia
publishDate	2009
url	https://doaj.org/article/5a928e9975d847ee8af197cf3fa0a490
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CHARACTERISTICS OF COMSUMPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STUDENTS OF HEALTH SCIENCES

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