USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA
Objective: to verify the most prevalent psychoactive substances used among undergraduate students in the health area and their interference in academic performance. Methods: a total of 115 Nursing and Physical Education students from a public university in inland Ceará, Brazil, answered the Drug U...
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| author | Francisco Matheus Azevedo de Sousa Larissa Maria Dantas de Sousa Joyce Mazza Nunes Aragão Eliany Nazaré Oliveira Paulo César de Almeida Soleane Mazza Nunes Bezerra Maristela Inês Osawa Vasconcelos |
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Objective: to verify the most prevalent psychoactive substances used among undergraduate students in the health area and their interference in academic performance.
Methods: a total of 115 Nursing and Physical Education students from a public university in inland Ceará, Brazil, answered the Drug Use Screening Inventory questionnaire in 2021. To analyze the results, Pearson's chi-square and likelihood ratio statistical tests were used.
Results: a total of 65 (56%) students used analgesics, 54 (47%) drank alcohol and 14 (12.2%) smoked marijuana. There was no statistical association between use of psychoactive substances and academic performance. However, among those who used analgesics or alcohol, more than 1/3 analyzed their performance as poor/terrible or fair, and half of those who smoked marijuana analyzed it in the same way.
Conclusion: the study contributed to understanding the psychoactive substances prevalent in the university context and associated aspects, emphasizing the need for interventions.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f205c0c2f1e41a499d20e51246979172025-08-20T01:47:22ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáCogitare Enfermagem1414-85362176-91332023-07-012810.1590/ce.v28i0.91379USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREAFrancisco Matheus Azevedo de SousaLarissa Maria Dantas de SousaJoyce Mazza Nunes AragãoEliany Nazaré OliveiraPaulo César de AlmeidaSoleane Mazza Nunes BezerraMaristela Inês Osawa Vasconcelos Objective: to verify the most prevalent psychoactive substances used among undergraduate students in the health area and their interference in academic performance. Methods: a total of 115 Nursing and Physical Education students from a public university in inland Ceará, Brazil, answered the Drug Use Screening Inventory questionnaire in 2021. To analyze the results, Pearson's chi-square and likelihood ratio statistical tests were used. Results: a total of 65 (56%) students used analgesics, 54 (47%) drank alcohol and 14 (12.2%) smoked marijuana. There was no statistical association between use of psychoactive substances and academic performance. However, among those who used analgesics or alcohol, more than 1/3 analyzed their performance as poor/terrible or fair, and half of those who smoked marijuana analyzed it in the same way. Conclusion: the study contributed to understanding the psychoactive substances prevalent in the university context and associated aspects, emphasizing the need for interventions. https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/91379Health Sciences StudentsNursing StudentAlcoholTobaccoCannabis. |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Matheus Azevedo de Sousa Larissa Maria Dantas de Sousa Joyce Mazza Nunes Aragão Eliany Nazaré Oliveira Paulo César de Almeida Soleane Mazza Nunes Bezerra Maristela Inês Osawa Vasconcelos USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA Cogitare Enfermagem Health Sciences Students Nursing Student Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis. |
| title | USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA |
| title_full | USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA |
| title_fullStr | USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA |
| title_full_unstemmed | USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA |
| title_short | USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH AREA |
| title_sort | use of psychoactive substances and academic performance of university students in the health area |
| topic | Health Sciences Students Nursing Student Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis. |
| url | https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/91379 |
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