高原州乔斯北区地方政府辖区商业三轮车运营者中精神活性物质的使用情况及其预测因素

Psychoactive substance use and its predictors among commercial tricycle operators in Jos north local government area of Plateau State.

作者信息

Afolaranmi Tolulope O, Hassan Z I, Ugwu O J, Onche M A, Obasi J C, Stephen O G, Ugwu K G, Bupwatda P W

机构信息

Department of Community Medicine, University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos Plateau State, Nigeria.

Department of Community Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.

出版信息

J Med Trop. 2020 Jan-Jun;22(1):51-56. doi: 10.4103/jomt.jomt_44_19. Epub 2020 May 20.

DOI:10.4103/jomt.jomt_44_19

PMID:34095005

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8177076/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) around 243 million people, aged 15-64 consumed an illicit substance making this a public health problem of global dimensions with attendant physical, social, and psychological problems. Studies have shown that 59.5% of road traffic accident among commercial tricycle operator has been associated with the use of psychoactive substances. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the prevalence and pattern of psychoactive substance use and its predictors among tricycle operators in Jos north local government area of Plateau State.

METHODOLOGY

This was a cross sectional study conducted among 220 commercial tricycle operators selected from a cluster of five operational units of Tricycle Riders Union using quantitative data collection instrument consisted of three sections through an interviewer's administration method.

RESULTS

The mean age of the respondents in the study was 34 ± 10 years with the prevalence of current use of psychoactive substance being 43.2%. The predictors of psychoactive substance use were tertiary level of education (AOR = 0.06; 95% CI = 0.0074-0.4806) and family history of use of psychoactive substance (AOR = 3.30; 95% CI = 1.7164-6.3611).

CONCLUSION

This study has demonstrated a high level of illicit psychoactive substance use among commercial tricycle operators with higher level of education negatively influence its use and a positive family history potentiating it.

摘要

背景

根据联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室（UNODC）的数据，约有2.43亿15至64岁的人使用非法物质，这使其成为一个具有全球影响的公共卫生问题，并伴随着身体、社会和心理问题。研究表明，商业三轮车司机中59.5%的道路交通事故与使用精神活性物质有关。因此，本研究旨在评估高原州乔斯北地方政府地区三轮车司机中精神活性物质的使用流行率和模式及其预测因素。

方法

这是一项横断面研究，对从三轮车骑手联盟的五个运营单位集群中选出的220名商业三轮车司机进行，使用由三个部分组成的定量数据收集工具，通过访谈员管理方法进行。

结果

研究中受访者的平均年龄为34±10岁，当前使用精神活性物质的流行率为43.2%。精神活性物质使用的预测因素是高等教育水平（调整后比值比[AOR]=0.06；95%置信区间[CI]=0.0074 - 0.4806）和精神活性物质使用家族史（AOR = 3.30；95% CI = 1.7164 - 6.3611）。