Department of Human and Social Capabilities, Human Sciences Research Council, Private Bag X41, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
Department of Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2021 Mar 20;16(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s13011-021-00364-z.
The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of non-daily and daily cannabis use among persons 15 years and older in South Africa.
In a national cross-sectional 2017 survey, 39,207 persons 15 years and older (Median = 34 years) responded to a questionnaire on cannabis use and health variables. Multinominal logistic regression was used to assess the determinants of nondaily and daily cannabis use among the general population and logistic regression for the determinants of daily cannabis use among active cannabis users.
Results indicate that 5.0% of the participants engaged in non-daily and 2.8% in daily cannabis use in the past 3 months. In adjusted multinomial logistic regression analysis, male sex, Grade 8-11 education, Coloureds, alcohol use disorder, never married, and other drug use were positively associated with daily cannabis use while not in not labour force was negatively associated with daily cannabis use. Moreover, male sex, never married, alcohol use disorder, and other drug use were positively, while physical multimorbidity was negatively associated with nondaily cannabis use. In adjusted logistic regression, compared to nondaily cannabis users, daily cannabis users were more likely male and were less likely not in the labour force and were less likely using other drugs.
About one in ten participants had used cannabis in the past 3 months in South Africa. Several sociodemographic and health indicators were identified that were associated with non-daily and/or daily cannabis use.
本研究旨在评估南非 15 岁及以上人群中非日常和日常使用大麻的流行率及其相关因素。
在 2017 年的一项全国性横断面调查中，39207 名 15 岁及以上的人（中位数=34 岁）对大麻使用和健康变量的问卷做出了回应。采用多项逻辑回归评估普通人群中非日常和日常大麻使用的决定因素，采用逻辑回归评估活跃大麻使用者日常大麻使用的决定因素。
结果表明，5.0%的参与者在过去 3 个月中存在非日常使用大麻，2.8%的参与者存在日常使用大麻。在调整后的多项逻辑回归分析中，男性、8-11 年级教育、有色人种、酒精使用障碍、未婚和其他药物使用与日常使用大麻呈正相关，而未在劳动力中的人则与日常使用大麻呈负相关。此外，男性、未婚、酒精使用障碍和其他药物使用与非日常使用大麻呈正相关，而身体多种疾病与非日常使用大麻呈负相关。在调整后的逻辑回归中，与非日常大麻使用者相比，日常大麻使用者更有可能是男性，不太可能不在劳动力中，也不太可能使用其他药物。
南非约十分之一的参与者在过去 3 个月中使用过大麻。确定了一些与非日常和/或日常使用大麻相关的社会人口统计学和健康指标。
