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Universidad y Salud
versão impressa ISSN 0124-7107versão On-line ISSN 2389-7066
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ALVAREZ-LOPEZ, Ángela María; CARMONA-VALENCIA, Natalia Jeaneth; PEREZ-RENDON, Ángela Liceth e JARAMILLO-ROA, Adriana. Psychosocial factors associated with the use of psychoactive substances in children and adolescents from Pereira, Colombia. Univ. Salud [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.3, pp.213-222. Epub 01-Set-2020. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.202203.193.
Introduction:
The use of psychoactive substances is a public health problem with a high prevalence in adolescents, which also affects the individual and social development of adults.
Objective:
To determine the psychosocial factors related to the use of psychoactive substances in children and adolescents of a public school from Pereira (Colombia).
Materials and methods:
A descriptive correlational study was conducted on 235 students of a public school, aged between 10 and 19 years, who completed an anonymous survey to examine the prevalence and psychosocial factors associated with the use of psychoactive substances.
Results:
Adequate parental supervision is a protective factor against psychoactive drug use (p<0.05) (OR<1). Schoolchildren are 6.5 times more likely to engage in drug use when they interact with psychoactive-drug user friends [OR=6.555 95%CI (3.147-13.653)]. Those with family members who engage in this drug use have a 2.2 times higher possibility to use psychoactive substances [OR=2.231 95%CI (1.292-3.852)].
Conclusions:
The use of psychoactive substances shows a high prevalence in the participating schoolchildren and is mainly related to factors such as being in higher grades in their school and having either a family member or a friend who uses psychoactive substances.
Palavras-chave : Street drugs; risk factors; students; social conditions.