Attitudes of medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry students about psychostimulant use to enhance cognition.

Autor:	Sümbül-Şekerci B; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey., Bildik Ö; Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.; Graduate School of Health Sciences, Medical History and Ethics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Bektay MY; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey., İzzettin FV; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of clinical practice [Int J Clin Pract] 2021 Oct; Vol. 75 (10), pp. e14608. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 14.
DOI:	10.1111/ijcp.14608
Abstrakt:	Introduction: The use of psychostimulant drugs to increase academic success is common among young people. There is no study examining this issue in Turkish population. In this study, the prevalence, attitudes, knowledge, and ethical evaluations of Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancement (PCE) in university students were investigated. Method: A structured online survey was carried out with 1148 undergraduate and postgraduate (master, PhD and residency) students in different faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy in Turkey. Comparisons between groups, correlation and regression analysis about associated variables were made. Results: The general prevalence of PCE in our study was found to be 7.4%. The highest prevalence was seen in the faculty of medicine (8.4%), among the residency students (15.5%). There was no significant difference prevalence of PCE between the faculties. Education level, smoking, study performance satisfaction, and knowledge level were found to be factors associated with PCE. Around 40% of PCE users stated that they used it with the recommendation of their friends. PCE users had a lower perception of harm and risk, and rated the use of it as more acceptable and normal behaviour. Conclusion: PCE is a method used by young with high knowledge, low study performance satisfaction, to increase their academic success, especially during exam periods. Peer effect is an important factor in increasing prevalence. (© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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