Consumo de sustancias ilícitas y psicotrópicos entre los estudiantes de medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

Illicit and psychotropic drug use among medical students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Background: Illicit drug abuse is a public health problem, generally starting in adolescence. Medical students are not an exception. Aim: To assess the consumption of illicit drugs among medical students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Material and Methods: A questionnaire used by the National Council for the Control of Substance Abuse (CONACE) to evaluate substance use and the Goldberg Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), were applied to medical students. The questionnaires were self administered under supervision. Results: The survey was completed by 569 of 775 students (74%). "Ever used" reached 33% for marijuana, 1.1% for cocaine, 2.1% for amphetamines without prescription, 6.9% for not prescribed benzodiazepines and 5.8% for not prescribed antidepressants. The use of these substances was only associated for ever used marijuana and level of career (p <0.01), with the highest rate in the seventh final year (51.4%). Benzodiazepine use was also associated with the level of career (p <0.01) with less than 6% prevalence from first to fourth and the highest in seventh year (32.4%). Non prescribed antidepessant use was significantly higher among women. Tobacco and alcohol use were associated with consumption of marijuana (p <0.0001) and benzodiazepines (p <0.0001). Conclusions: Our medical students have low marijuana consumption rates, only above Turkey. Cocaine and amphetamines use is low, benzodiazepine consumption is higher among final year students.

CEACLIN, un instrumento en español para identificar estrategias para el aprendizaje de la clínica de estudiantes de medicina: Desarrollo y validación

“…Esto suele tener consecuencias negativas sobre la salud, el desempeño académi-co [29][30][31][32][33] y también el profesionalismo 34 . La aparición del tema de cómo manejar el agobio en un cuestionario de estrategias de aprendizaje generado inductivamente, como es el CEACLIN, subraya la importancia que otorgan los propios estudiantes al bienestar para el aprendizaje.…”

Encuesta sobre abuso de alcohol y medicamentos en adolescentes de cuatro escuelas del conurbano bonaerense

“…[1][2][3][4][5] Esto se presenta con distintas modalidades en distintas ciudades del mundo. [6][7][8][9] Petroianu y col. señalan que hasta un 12% de estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Federal de Minais Gerais, Brasil, consumen sedantes; 6 Romero y col. refieren que un 6,9% de estudiantes de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile consumen benzodiacepinas y 5,8%, antidepresivos sin prescripción.…”

Reflexo do consumo de estimulantes no sistema nervoso central nos estudantes de enfermagem e medicina de uma universidade chilena

“…Efforts are needed to control substance abuse to curtail their international repercussions (6) . There is a scarcity, in the literature, of Chilean studies dealing with substance use among medical school students (4) . However, for a successful prevention it is important to gather the appropriate information related to the age at the onset of consumption, risk factors, gender differences, and to determine the types of resources and how to use them.…”

“…Among them the need to reduce stress related to high academic and social demands (4) , curiosity, the pursuit of pleasure; the need for more study time and to make friends (5) , to increase the concentration and energy levels to improve the academic performance, recreation (2) and to suppress the appetite. Furthermore, students in the health field may have greater access to psychiatric drugs (4) . Patterns of alcohol and drug use are associated with the occurrence of other physical and psychological problems affecting not only the individuals, but their families and friends and the community as a whole (2) .…”