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prevalence of addictions among students at the High School of The Health Sciences and Techniques of Sousse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

I. Betbout ,
B. Amemou ,
A. Ben Haouala ,
A. Sghaier ,
M. Sahli ,
F. Zaafrane ,
A. Mhalla  and
L. Gaha
I. Betbout*
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
B. Amemou
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
A. Ben Haouala
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
A. Sghaier
Affiliation:
High school of sciences and techniques of the health of Sousse, Psychiatry, sousse, Tunisia
M. Sahli
Affiliation:
High school of sciences and techniques of the health of Sousse, Psychiatry, sousse, Tunisia
F. Zaafrane
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
A. Mhalla
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
L. Gaha
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Addiction isfrequent in youngsubjects, particularly in students, who are in contact with psychoactive substances such as drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis

Objectives

The objectives of our study were to investigate the prevalence of addictions among ESSTSS students and to determine the factors associated with addictions.

Methods

A descriptive correlational cross-sectional study was conducted at ESSTSS among 122 students for 2 months (March and April 2021). The data was collectedusing a questionnaire administered to the students.

Results

There were 102 women and 20 men with an averageage of 20.96 years. theprevalence of drug use was 56.6% according to DAST-10, with addiction notedin 5.7% of cases. The prevalence of tobacco use was 35.3% according to the Fagerstörm test, with 23.3% of the students being highlyaddicted to tobacco. The prevalence of alcohol use was 29.5%, 35% for men, and 28.43% for womenaccording to the AUDIT, alcoholdependence was notedin 14.3% of men and 6.9% of women. The prevalence of cannabis use was 16.4% according to the CAST test, a high risk of dependence was observedin 20% of cases. The analytical study showedthat the factors associated with addiction were age, gender, year of study, and specialty

Conclusions

The prevalence of substance use among health science students is significant and since the use of these substances has a detrimental effect on health itisbetter to understand the associated factors and this obliges us to establish appropriate preventive interventions

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S827
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