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Status of Substance use among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Selected Government Medical College in Puducherry -- An Explanatory Mixed Method Study.
- Source :
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine; Mar/Apr2023, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p258-263, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Studies have shown increase in health-risking behavior and a decline in health-promoting behavior among medical students during their stay in medical school. This study aims to determine the prevalence and reason for substance abuse among the undergraduate medical students in a selected medical college in Puducherry. Material and Methods: This was a facility-based explanatory mixed method study conducted from May 2019 to July 2019. Assessment of their substance abuse was done using ASSIST questionnaire. Substance use was summarized as proportions with 95% CI. Results: A total of 379 participants were included in the study. The mean age of the study participants was 20 years (± 1.34). The most prevalent substance use was alcohol (10.8%). About 1.9% and 1.6% of students surveyed consume tobacco and cannabis, respectively. Conclusion: Facilitating factors for substance use as perceived by the participants were stress, peer pressure, easy availability of substances, socialization, curiosity, and awareness knowledge about safe limits of alcohol and tobacco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUBSTANCE abuse risk factors
SOCIALIZATION
SUBSTANCE abuse
CONFIDENCE intervals
MEDICAL students
RESEARCH methodology
HEALTH occupations students
PEER pressure
UNDERGRADUATES
RISK assessment
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
ALCOHOLS (Chemical class)
TOBACCO products
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09700218
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163177323
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_202_22