Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago

Background: The presence of emotional problems may trigger drug abuse. Aim: To determine the association between illicit drug use and severity of depression symptoms among students of public secondary schools in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: A probabilistic sample of2,597 adolescents aged b...

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Autores principales: Rojas,Graciela, Gaete,Jorge, Guajardo,Viviana, Martínez,Vania, Barroilhet,Sergio, Meneses,Juan, Fritsch,Rosemarie, Araya,Ricardo
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720120002000062013-04-11Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de SantiagoRojas,GracielaGaete,JorgeGuajardo,VivianaMartínez,VaniaBarroilhet,SergioMeneses,JuanFritsch,RosemarieAraya,Ricardo Adolescent Alcohol Depression Street drugs Background: The presence of emotional problems may trigger drug abuse. Aim: To determine the association between illicit drug use and severity of depression symptoms among students of public secondary schools in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: A probabilistic sample of2,597 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years (45% women), attending first year in public high-schools in Santiago, answered self-report questionnaires about consumption, during the last 30 days ,of alcohol, tobacco and marihuana, and the Beck Depression Inventory - II. Logistic regression models were used to study the association between drug use and severity of depression symptoms, adjusting by sex. Results: Tobacco and marihuana use was reported by 38 and 13% of students, respectively. Frequency of consumption was significantly higher among women. Mild, moderate or severe depressive symptoms were found among 16%, 14% and 9% of students, respectively. Depressive symptoms were more common among women. There was a significant association between drug use and severity of depression among participants of both genders. Conclusions: The association between depressive symptoms and drug use should be considered on the design of treatment guidelines for these health problems in Chile.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.140 n.2 20122012-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000200006es10.4067/S0034-98872012000200006
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Adolescent
Alcohol
Depression
Street drugs
spellingShingle Adolescent
Alcohol
Depression
Street drugs
Rojas,Graciela
Gaete,Jorge
Guajardo,Viviana
Martínez,Vania
Barroilhet,Sergio
Meneses,Juan
Fritsch,Rosemarie
Araya,Ricardo
Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago
description Background: The presence of emotional problems may trigger drug abuse. Aim: To determine the association between illicit drug use and severity of depression symptoms among students of public secondary schools in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: A probabilistic sample of2,597 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years (45% women), attending first year in public high-schools in Santiago, answered self-report questionnaires about consumption, during the last 30 days ,of alcohol, tobacco and marihuana, and the Beck Depression Inventory - II. Logistic regression models were used to study the association between drug use and severity of depression symptoms, adjusting by sex. Results: Tobacco and marihuana use was reported by 38 and 13% of students, respectively. Frequency of consumption was significantly higher among women. Mild, moderate or severe depressive symptoms were found among 16%, 14% and 9% of students, respectively. Depressive symptoms were more common among women. There was a significant association between drug use and severity of depression among participants of both genders. Conclusions: The association between depressive symptoms and drug use should be considered on the design of treatment guidelines for these health problems in Chile.
author Rojas,Graciela
Gaete,Jorge
Guajardo,Viviana
Martínez,Vania
Barroilhet,Sergio
Meneses,Juan
Fritsch,Rosemarie
Araya,Ricardo
author_facet Rojas,Graciela
Gaete,Jorge
Guajardo,Viviana
Martínez,Vania
Barroilhet,Sergio
Meneses,Juan
Fritsch,Rosemarie
Araya,Ricardo
author_sort Rojas,Graciela
title Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago
title_short Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago
title_full Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago
title_fullStr Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago
title_full_unstemmed Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago
title_sort consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de santiago
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2012
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000200006
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