Tolulope O Kolawole, Adedoyin O Ogunyemi, Alexander R Lucas
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Abstract
Background: World Health Organization defines substance use as harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs. There is an increased rate of substance use among youths and adolescents. Substance use significantly increases the risk for mental disorders.
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of substance use and knowledge of its effects among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria.
Setting: The study was conducted among Secondary schools in Lagos, Nigeria.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive study among 800 participants who were selected using a multi-stage sampling method. The instrument for data collection was the amended WHO students' drug-use questionnaire. The data were analysed using Epi Info 7 software.
Results: The lifetime prevalence of substance use was 13.6%, while current users' prevalence was 6.9%. Apart from alcohol consumption, the substance most frequently used was tramadol (52.7%), followed by marijuana (36.4%). Almost all the participants (98.1%) were aware of substance use. Most students (88.7%) were able to identify the effects of substance use, including short-term complications (79.1%) and long-term complications (61.1%).
Conclusion: The high prevalence of alcohol and tramadol use among the participants underscores the need for stricter government policies on the accessibility of these products to adolescents and the need for increased awareness of their effects.
Contribution: The lower knowledge of long-term complications of substance use (61.1%) in comparison to short-term complications (79.1%) underscores the need for further research and increased advocacy on long-term complications of substance use among youths and adolescents.
背景：世界卫生组织将物质使用定义为有害或危险使用精神活性物质，包括酒精和非法药物。青少年滥用药物的比率有所上升。物质使用显著增加了精神障碍的风险。目的：本研究的目的是确定药物使用的流行程度及其在尼日利亚拉各斯中学生中的影响。环境：该研究在尼日利亚拉各斯的中学中进行。方法：采用多阶段抽样方法，对800名参与者进行横断面描述性研究。数据收集工具为经修订的世卫组织学生吸毒问卷。采用Epi Info 7软件对数据进行分析。结果：药物使用终生患病率为13.6%，当前使用率为6.9%。除了酒精，最常使用的物质是曲马多（52.7%），其次是大麻（36.4%）。几乎所有的参与者（98.1%）都意识到药物使用。大多数学生（88.7%）能够识别药物使用的影响，包括短期并发症（79.1%）和长期并发症（61.1%）。结论：参与者中酒精和曲马多的使用率很高，这突出表明政府需要制定更严格的政策，使青少年能够获得这些产品，并需要提高对其影响的认识。贡献：与短期并发症（79.1%）相比，对药物使用长期并发症（61.1%）的了解较低，这强调了需要进一步研究和加强对青少年药物使用长期并发症的宣传。
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The journal is the leading psychiatric journal of Africa. It provides open-access scholarly reading for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and all with an interest in mental health. It carries empirical and conceptual research articles, reviews, editorials, and scientific letters related to psychiatry. It publishes work from various places in the world, and makes special provision for the interests of Africa. It seeks to serve its readership and researchers with the most topical content in psychiatry for clinical practice and academic pursuits, including work in the subspecialty areas of psychiatry.
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