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      Use of alcohol and other drugs among Brazilian college students: effects of gender and age Translated title: Uso de álcool e outras drogas entre universitários brasileiros: efeitos de gênero e idade

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          OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of drug use among Brazilian college students and its relationship to gender and age. METHODS: A nationwide sample of 12,721 college students completed a questionnaire concerning the use of drugs and other behaviors. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-WHO) criteria were used to assess were used to assess hazardous drug use. A multivariate logistic regression model tested the associations of ASSIST-WHO scores with gender and age. The same analyses were carried out to measure drug use in the last 30 days. RESULTS: After controlling for other sociodemographic, academic and administrative variables, men were found to be more likely to use and engage in the hazardous use of anabolic androgenic steroids than women across all age ranges. Conversely, women older than 34 years of age were more likely to use and engage in the hazardous use of amphetamines. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are consistent with results that have been reported for the general Brazilian population. Therefore, these findings should be taken into consideration when developing strategies at the prevention of drug use and the early identification of drug abuse among college students.

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          OBJETIVO: Avaliar a prevalência do uso de drogas entre universitários brasileiros, assim como sua relação com gênero e idade. MÉTODOS: Uma amostra nacional de 12.721 universitários que preecheram um questionário sobre o uso de drogas e outros comportamentos. Os critérios da escala Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-WHO) avaliaram o uso de drogas de risco. Um modelo de regressão logística multivariada testou a associação entre a pontuação do ASSIST-WHO com o gênero, bem como a idade do universitário. O mesmo foi realizado para a medida de uso de drogas nos últimos 30 dias. RESULTADOS: Após o controle de outras variáveis sociodemográficas, acadêmicas e administrativas, os homens foram os mais prováveis de usar e se engajar no uso de risco de esteroides anabolizantes androgênicos, mais do que as mulheres, e para todas as faixas etárias. Por outro lado, mulheres > 34 anos foram mais prováveis de usar e se engajar no uso de risco de anfetaminas. CONCLUSÕES: Estes resultados são consistentes com o que tem sido descrito para a população geral brasileira. Portanto, eles deveriam ser considerados no desenvolvimento de estratégias de prevenção do uso de drogas, bem como para o reconhecimento precoce do abuso de drogas entre universitários.

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                Journal
                rbp
                Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
                Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.
                Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria - ABP (São Paulo )
                1809-452X
                October 2012
                : 34
                : 3
                : 294-305
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
                [2 ] Faculdade de Medicina do ABC Brazil
                [3 ] Brazilian Secretariat for Drug Policies Brazil
                [4 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
                [5 ] University of Michigan United States
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                S1516-44462012000300009
                10.1016/j.rbp.2012.02.002
                23429775
                c8615b51-9773-4aac-b8be-971b064b92f4

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Epidemiology,Cross-Sectional Study,Ethanol,Illicit Drugs,Students,Epidemiologia,Estudos Transversais,Etanol,Drogas Ilícitas,Estudantes

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