Psychoactive substance use among medical and paramedical undergraduate students of Lucknow.

IF 1.4 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Journal of Education and Health Promotion Pub Date : 2025-02-28 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.4103/jehp.jehp_673_24
Hariom Singh, Shivendra K Singh, Manish K Manar, Abhishek Gupta, Sujita K Kar, Prashant K Bajpai, Prabhakar Mishra, Mili Sengar
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Abstract

Background: Psychoactive drugs are substances that, when taken in or administered into one's system, affect mental processes like perception, consciousness, cognition, mood, and emotions. The use of psychoactive substances often starts at a young age. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of psychoactive substance use among medical and paramedical undergraduate students of Lucknow.

Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 492 MBBS, BDS, and BSc Nursing students of Lucknow. A predesigned pretested semistructured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection and analysis by using the SPSS 26.0 version.

Results: The overall lifetime prevalence of "Ever use of the psychoactive substance" was 46.1%, whereas the overall current psychoactive substance use (in the past 3 months) was 35.2%. The prevalence of lifetime alcohol use was the highest at 36.6%, followed by tobacco (22.4%) and cannabis (17.9%). The prevalence was seen to be higher in males than in females and the highest in fourth-year academic students compared to other years.

Conclusion: The present study indicates that male students consume more psychoactive substances than female students. Effective interventions and strategies must be planned and implemented to reduce substance use among medical and paramedical students and overcome the issue of substance use by promoting a healthy lifestyle and coping skills.

勒克瑙医学和辅助医学本科生精神活性物质使用情况
背景:精神活性药物是一种物质,当被摄入或进入人体系统时,会影响心理过程,如感知、意识、认知、情绪和情绪。精神活性物质的使用通常从很小的时候开始。本研究旨在估计勒克瑙医学和辅助医学本科生精神活性物质使用的流行程度。材料与方法:对勒克瑙市492名MBBS、BDS和BSc护理专业学生进行横断面研究。采用预先设计的预测半结构化自填问卷进行数据收集和分析,采用SPSS 26.0版本。结果:“曾经使用过精神活性物质”的总体终生患病率为46.1%,而目前(过去3个月内)总体使用精神活性物质的患病率为35.2%。终身饮酒的流行率最高,为36.6%,其次是烟草(22.4%)和大麻(17.9%)。男性的患病率高于女性,与其他年级相比,四年级学生的患病率最高。结论:本研究表明,男大学生对精神活性物质的消耗高于女大学生。必须规划和执行有效的干预措施和战略,以减少医学和准医学学生的药物使用,并通过提倡健康的生活方式和应对技能来克服药物使用问题。
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