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Vol. 40. Issue 1.
Pages 38-48 (March 2011)
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Vol. 40. Issue 1.
Pages 38-48 (March 2011)
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Factores asociados al uso de sustancias ilícitas en adolescentes escolarizados
Associated factors with Illicit Drug use among Adolescent Students
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Germán Eduardo Rueda-Jaimes1,
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gredu@unab.edu.co

Correspondencia: Germán Eduardo Rueda, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Calle 157 No. 19-55, Cañaveral Parque, Bucaramanga, Colombia
, Andrés Mauricio Rangel-Martínez-Villalba2, Paul Anthony Camacho López3, Eliana Duarte-Pineda4
1 Profesor Asociado; Director del Grupo de Neuropsiquiatría, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2 Joven investigador, Grupo de Neuropsiquiatría, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga. Bucaramanga, Colombia
3 Investigador invitado, Grupo de Neuropsiquiatría, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga. Bucaramanga, Colombia
4 Egresada, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga. Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Resumen
Introducción

El abuso de sustancias ilícitas se establece durante la adolescencia temprana.

Objetivo

Determinar la prevalencia y los factores asociados al consumo de sustancias ilícitas en adolescentes escolarizados de Bucaramanga.

Método

Una muestra aleatoria de estudiantes adolescentes que completó un cuestionario anónimo acerca del consumo de sustancias ilegales y legales más escalas y cuestionarios de diferente tipo.

Resultados

2.916 estudiantes participaron en esta investigación. La prevalencia del uso de sustancias ilícitas durante el último año fue del 3,81%. El uso de sustancias ilícitas en hombres se asoció de manera independiente con la presencia de comportamientos antisociales, fumar todos los días durante el último mes, patrón de dependencia a alcohol y tener un amigo que usa sustancias ilícitas. En mujeres se asoció de manera independiente con la presencia de comportamientos antisociales, tener un amigo que usa sustancias ilícitas, fumar todos los días durante el último mes y la edad.

Conclusión

Uno de cada 26 adolescentes escolarizados de Bucaramanga ha usado sustancias ilícitas durante el último año. Mujeres y hombres mostraron factores asociados similares, sin embargo, los hombres mostraron asociación con dependencia al alcohol y las mujeres mostraron asociación con la edad.

Palabras clave:
Drogas ilícitas
adolescentes
estudiantes
epidemiología
Abstract
Introduction

The abuse of illicit drugs is established during early adolescence. Furthermore, a lot of variables in Colombian adolescents have not been studied yet.

Objective

To establish the prevalence and associated factors of illicit drug use among adolescent students in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Methods

A random sample of adolescent students completed an anonymous questionnaire about illegal and legal substance use, and others questionnaires and scales. Logistical regression was used to control confounding variables.

Results

2,916 students participated in this research. The prevalence of illicit drug use during the last year was 3.81%. Illicit drug use in men was independently associated with antisocial behavior, smoking everyday during the last month, alcohol dependence pattern and having a friend who uses illicit drugs. In women was independently associated with antisocial behavior, having a friend who uses illicit drugs, smoking everyday during the last month, and the age.

Conclusions

One in 26 adolescent students from Bucaramanga has used illicit drugs during the last year. Women and men showed similar associated factors, although, men also showed an association with alcohol dependence and women showed an association with the age.

Key words:
Street Drugs
adolescents
students
epidemiology
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