Factors associated with alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use among Brazilian undergraduate students
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ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the factors associated with use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs among Brazilian undergraduate students. Methods: observational, cross-sectional study, convenience sampling, conducted in 2014/2015, involving institutional data a self-completed online questionnaire, analyzed using measures frequency, central tendency/dispersion logistic regression. Results: 126,326 students, 62.8% reported alcohol use; 11%, tobacco; 7.5%, drugs. Several academic factors-such as not residing family (sororities [alcohol: aOR:2.38;95%CI:2.28-2.48; tobacco: AOR:2.20;95%CI:2.09-2.33; drugs: AOR:2.53;95%CI:2.38-2.70]), acting university movements (student AOR:1.74;95%CI:1.65-1.83; AOR:1.97;95%CI:1.86-2.08; AOR:2.43;95%CI:2.28-2.59] religious AOR:0.28;95%CI:0.26-0.29; AOR:0.23;95%CI:0.21-0.26; AOR:0.18;95%CI:0.16-0.21]) lack discipline/study habit (alcohol: AOR:1.41;95%CI:1.37-1.45; AOR:1.53;95%CI:1.46-1.59; AOR:1.85;95%CI:1.76-1.94) - were three categories substances. Conclusions: we identified that number are licit drug use. These findings may help designing preventive strategies college
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0034-7167', '1984-0446']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1244