Panthee Bimala, Panthee Suresh, Gyawali Saroj, Kawakami Norito
Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur Nursing Campus, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Research and Development Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.
BMC Public Health. 2017 Dec 12;17(1):950. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4980-6.
Substance use among health care students threatens professional standards and the delivery of quality services, potentially placing the public at risk. Therefore, our study aims to determine the prevalence and correlates associated with substance use among Nepalese health care students.
A cross-sectional survey using a self-administered health professional questionnaire was conducted among pharmacy, nursing, and public health students at three universities in Nepal in 2010.
We analyzed data from 407 respondents (response rate, 82%) with a mean age of 22 years (standard deviation = 3.71). The overall lifetime prevalence of substance use (i. e., illegal use of prescription drugs and illegal drug use) was 42.8%. Marijuana was the most commonly used illegal drug (8.8%) and minor opiates (e.g., codeine cough syrups) were the most widely used illegal prescription drugs (32.4%). Substance use was directly associated with cigarette smoking, peer influence, and heavy drinking. In addition, respondents reported some major and minor dysfunctions because of their substance use.
The prevalence of substance use among health care students at the three universities in Nepal was high. Peer influence, cigarette smoking, and heavy drinking were significant predictors of substance use.
医护专业学生使用药物的行为威胁到专业标准和优质服务的提供，可能使公众面临风险。因此，我们的研究旨在确定尼泊尔医护专业学生中药物使用的流行率及其相关因素。
2010年，在尼泊尔三所大学的药学、护理和公共卫生专业学生中，采用自行填写的健康专业人员问卷进行了一项横断面调查。
我们分析了407名受访者的数据（回复率为82%），他们的平均年龄为22岁（标准差=3.71）。药物使用（即非法使用处方药和非法使用毒品）的终生总体流行率为42.8%。大麻是最常使用的非法毒品（8.8%），小剂量阿片类药物（如可待因止咳糖浆）是使用最广泛的非法处方药（32.4%）。药物使用与吸烟、同伴影响和酗酒直接相关。此外，受访者报告称，由于使用药物，出现了一些或轻或重的功能障碍。
尼泊尔三所大学的医护专业学生中药物使用的流行率较高。同伴影响、吸烟和酗酒是药物使用的重要预测因素。
