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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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 |
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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. |
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Rojas,Graciela Gaete,Jorge Guajardo,Viviana Martínez,Vania Barroilhet,Sergio Meneses,Juan Fritsch,Rosemarie Araya,Ricardo |
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Rojas,Graciela Gaete,Jorge Guajardo,Viviana Martínez,Vania Barroilhet,Sergio Meneses,Juan Fritsch,Rosemarie Araya,Ricardo |
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Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago |
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Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago |
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Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago |
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Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago |
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Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago |
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consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de santiago |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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2012 |
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