RESUMO
Morocco is a country with Muslim-Arab tradition. In this sociocultural context, drug abuse in women is very taboo. We tried to approach the subject of drug use in women in a cross-sectional study of a sample of 1208 students (744 women and 464 men) who completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. We found 6.59% of women and 36.2% of men used drugs. Using DSM IV criteria, drug dependence was found in 2% of the subsample of female drug users and drug abuse in 1.5%. Place of residence and level of income were statistically significant risk factors for drug use.
Assuntos
Estudantes/estatística & dados numéricos , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/etnologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Universidades , Mulheres , Árabes/etnologia , Atitude Frente a Saúde/etnologia , Estudos Transversais , Manual Diagnóstico e Estatístico de Transtornos Mentais , Família , Feminino , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Renda/estatística & dados numéricos , Islamismo/psicologia , Masculino , Marrocos/epidemiologia , Características de Residência/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Fatores Sexuais , Fumar/epidemiologia , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Estudantes/psicologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/diagnóstico , Inquéritos e Questionários , Tabu , Mulheres/educação , Mulheres/psicologiaRESUMO
Morocco is a country with Muslim-Arab tradition. In this sociocultural context, drug abuse in women is very taboo. We tried to approach the subject of drug use in women in a cross-sectional study of a sample of 1208 students [744 women and 464 men] who completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. We found 6.59% of women and 36.2% of men used drugs. Using DSM IV criteria, drug dependence was found in 2% of the subsample of female drug users and drug abuse in 1.5%. Place of residence and level of income were statistically significant risk factors for drug use