RT Journal Article
T1 Consumption of medicines, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis among university students: a 2-year follow-up
A1 Caamaño Isorna, Francisco
A1 Mota Miranda, Nayara Graciella
A1 Crego Barreiro, Manuel Alberto
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
K1 Pharmacoepidemiology
K1 Alcohol
K1 Tobacco
K1 Cannabis
K1 University students
K1 Epidemiología farmacéutica
K1 Tabaco
K1 Estudantes universitarios
AB Objective: To determine the prevalence of medicine consumption among Spanish university students and its association with alcohol, tobacco and cannabis consumption. Method: We carried out a cohort study among Spanish university students (n = 2,700). Consumption of medicines during the previous 15 days, risky alcohol use, and tobacco and cannabis consumption were measured using questionnaire. Logistic regression models were generated using consumption of medicines as dependent variables at the beginning of the study and for a 2-year follow-up. Results: A multivariate logistic regression model showed at the beginning of the study that being female (OR = 1.71), living away from home (OR = 1.35) and being a smoker (OR = 1.40) are associated with consumption of medicines. Furthermore, the model shows a significant interaction between risky alcohol use and cannabis consumption (OR = 2.00). The 2-year follow-up shows that only being female (OR = 1.44) and risky alcohol use (OR = 1.36) are associated with the considered dependent variable. Conclusions: Our results reveal a very high intake of medicines among university students; most of them are without a medical prescription. Probably, this consumption of medicines is another form of poly-consumption of drugs
PB Springer
SN 1661-8556
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17875
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17875
LA eng
NO Caamaño-Isorna F; Mota N; Crego A; Corral M;, Rodriguez Holguín S; Cadaveira F. (2011). Consumption of medicines, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis among university students: a 2-year follow-up. International Journal of Public Health, 56, 247–252
NO This research was supported by Consellería de Innovación e Industria, Xunta de Galicia, grant number PGI-DIT05CS021103PR and INCITE 08XIB211015PR, by Plan Nacional sobre Drogas, Ministerio de Salud y Consumo, Spain, grant number 2005/ PN014, and by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain, grant number EDU2008-03440
DS Minerva
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