Comsupntion of medicines and drugs amog college students: 10 years of follow up

• Autores: Alicia Busto Miramontes
• Directores de la Tesis: Francisco Caamaño Isorna (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ( España ) en 2019
• Idioma: español
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Adolfo Figueiras Guzmán (presid.), Lucía Moure Rodríguez (secret.), Eduardo López Caneda (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Epidemiología y Salud Pública por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Materias:
  • Ciencias médicas
    • Farmacología
      • Psicofarmacología
    • Medicina preventiva
    • Salud publica
  • Ciencias tecnológicas
    • Tecnología de los alimentos
      • Bebidas alcohólicas
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: MINERVA
• Resumen

  • Substance abuse and self-medication in adolescents and young adults are major public health concerns. With the objective of studying the prevalence of consumption of medicines and its association with alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use among Spanish university students, we carried out a cohort study between November 2005 and March 2015. Alcohol consumption was measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), after assessing its validity. Multilevel logistic regressions for repeated measures were generated to obtain adjusted odds ratios.

    Our study has revealed that prevalence of binge drinking, risky alcohol consumption, and tobacco and cannabis was reduced significantly during the follow-up period, while use of medicines without medical prescription increased. We found a strong association between consumption of medicines without prescription and alcohol and cannabis use. Education for health and preventive activities should be reinforced in youth to decrease these high levels of poly-consumption. Strategies for handling stress during university should be provided, with greater emphasis on females.