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BACKGROUND: Increasing consumption of psychoactive substances is a major social concern worldwide.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of psychoactive substances consumption in the Portuguese, throughout their
life as well as recently, and the main reasons for the consumption and associated factors.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was based on the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
(ASSIST) applied to a sample of 385 Portuguese obtained for convenience. It was used descriptive statistics, the Cui-square,
Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests, with a significance level of 5%.
RESULTS: Alcohol was the most consumed throughout life (86%), followed by xanthines (79%) and tobacco (60%). In the
last 3 months, xanthines (49%) were the most consumed daily, followed by tobacco (22%) and alcohol (9%). Socializing was
the main reason for consumption of alcohol (67%), tobacco (36%) and cannabis (34%) while anxiolytics have been used to
sleep (50%) and xanthines to increase cognitive capacity (35%). Tobacco (p = 0.016), alcohol (p = 0.03) and illicit substances
(p < 0.001) were more consumed by men and anxiolytics by women (p = 0.027). Alcohol (p = 0.008), cannabis (p = 0.027),
and xanthines (p = 0.009) were mostly consumed by young adults.
CONCLUSIONS: The results reveal sporadic and recreational use of illicit substances, and regular use of alcohol, tobacco
and xanthines, mostly by young adults and men, and anxiolytics by women. Socializing was the main reason for psychoactive
substances consumption.
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Alcohol Tobacco Xanthines Smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) Young adult
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Citation
Pinto, Isabel C.; Pereira, Olívia R.; Fernandes, António; Nogueira, João; Costa, Ricardo (2021). Psychoactive substance consumption: a portuguese cross-sectional study. Work - A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation. ISSN 1051-9815. 70:1, p. 335-344
Publisher
IOS Press