Alexander C S, Klassen A C
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Public Health Rep. 1988 Jul-Aug;103(4):394-9.
We examined the relationship between drug use by young adolescents and two indicators of illness, frequency of illness and numbers of days absent from school owing to illness. Data were from a general health survey of all eighth grade students enrolled in public schools in two rural Maryland counties. A total of 745 students completed a self-administered questionnaire during school hours in January 1984. Information was obtained on a variety of sociodemographic characteristics and on the students' use of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana. Correlational analyses were used to examine the relationships among cigarette smoking, beer or wine drinking, whiskey or hard liquor drinking, and marijuana use. Logistic regression was used to model the effects of drug use behaviors on the likelihood of being absent from school 3 or more days, adjusting for the student's age, sex, race, parents' education, illness frequency, and concerns about learning problems in school. We found substantial covariation among the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. After adjusting for the background variables of illness, frequency, and learning problems, we found that students who are frequent cigarette smokers experienced a 2.6 risk of school absenteeism. Other drug use behaviors were not associated significantly with increased risk of missing school. Findings are discussed within the context of health-related consequences of drug use.
我们研究了青少年吸毒与两种疾病指标之间的关系，即疾病发生频率以及因病缺课天数。数据来自对马里兰州两个乡村县公立学校所有八年级学生进行的一项综合健康调查。1984年1月，共有745名学生在上课时间完成了一份自我管理问卷。获取了关于各种社会人口学特征以及学生使用烟草、酒精和大麻情况的信息。采用相关分析来检验吸烟、饮用啤酒或葡萄酒、饮用威士忌或烈性酒以及使用大麻之间的关系。使用逻辑回归来模拟吸毒行为对缺课3天或更多天可能性的影响，并对学生的年龄、性别、种族、父母教育程度、疾病频率以及对学校学习问题的担忧进行了调整。我们发现香烟、酒精和大麻的使用之间存在大量协变关系。在对疾病、频率和学习问题等背景变量进行调整后，我们发现经常吸烟的学生缺课风险为2.6倍。其他吸毒行为与缺课风险增加没有显著关联。研究结果在吸毒相关健康后果的背景下进行了讨论。
