Consumo de drogas e fatores associados: estudo transversal com adolescentes escolares do ensino fundamental / Drug use and associated factors: a cross-sectional study with elementary school adolescents
estudo transversal realizado por meio de entrevista estruturada com 239 estudantes do ensino fundamental de uma escola pública da rede estadual da Bahia, Brasil. Os dados foram processados pelo programa Stata, versão 12, e analisados segundo a estatística descritiva e inferencial.
a cross-sectional study conducted through a structured interview with 239 elementary schoolstudents from a public school in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Data were processed by the Stata program, version 12, and analyzed according to descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:
the prevalence of adolescentswho had used drugs in the last month was 25.92%. There was a statistical association between variable drug use and religious identification (PR=1.88 and 95%CI=1.03 - 3.41), study series (PR=2.0 and 95%CI =1.03 - 3.85) and work (PR=3.68 and 95%CI =1.08-12.54).
Conclusion:
high prevalence of drug use among school-age adolescents and its association with low schooling, lack of religious practice, and precocious work and sexual intercourse were identified. (AU)