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Prevalence and socio-demographic, academic, health and lifestyle predictors of illicit drug/s use among university undergraduate students in Finland
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- El Ansari, Walid (författare)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar / College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha Qatar,Individ och samhälle VIDSOC, Individual and Society
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- Salam, Abdul (författare)
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Suominen, Sakari (författare)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Individ och samhälle VIDSOC, Individual and Society
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- 2020-07-15
- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 17:14, s. 1-20
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Abstract
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Stäng
- Illicit drug/s use (IDU) among university students is a public health concern. We assessed the associations between socio-demographic, academic, and health and lifestyle characteristics (independent variables) and regular, occasional or never IDU (dependent variables). Data were collected across seven faculties (1177 students) at the University of Turku (Finland) via an online questionnaire. About 1.5% of the sample had regular IDU, 19% occasional IDU, and 79% never IDU. Independent predictors of ever (lifetime) IDU included males [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 1.82, P = 0.001], not living with parents (AOR 2.59, P < 0.001), singles (AOR 0.51, P < 0.001), lower religiosity (AOR 1.49, P = 0.022), better self-rated general health (AOR 0.41, P = 0.003), higher health awareness (AOR 1.93, P = 0.014), more depressive symptoms (AOR 1.82, P = 0.004), daily smokers (AOR 3.69, P < 0.001), heavy episodic drinking (AOR 2.38, P < 0.001) and possible alcohol dependency (AOR 2.55, P < 0.001). We observed no independent associations between ever IDU with age, study discipline, perceived stress or academic performance. The 20.5% ever IDU is concerning. The compelling independent predictors of ever IDU included not living with parents, lower religiosity, daily smokers, heavy episodic drinking and possible alcohol dependency (AOR range 2.38–3.69). Education and prevention need to emphasize the negative consequences to reinforce abstinence from IDU. Health promotion could focus on beliefs and expectations about IDU and target students at risk for successful efforts. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Academic performance
- Illicit drug/s use
- Mental health
- Sociodemographic and educational characteristics
- University students
- alcohol
- cannabis
- illicit drug
- health impact
- health risk
- lifestyle
- medical geography
- public health
- quality of life
- student
- academic achievement
- adult
- alcoholism
- Article
- controlled study
- demography
- dependent variable
- drug use
- female
- Finland
- health promotion
- human
- independent variable
- lifestyle modification
- major clinical study
- male
- online system
- Perceived Stress Scale
- pilot study
- prevalence
- questionnaire
- religion
- substance abuse
- substance use
- undergraduate student
- university student
- Individual and Society VIDSOC
- Individ och samhälle VIDSOC
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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