Work Schedule and Substance Abuse in Vocational Students
Autor: | Heba Khodary Allam, Omayma M. Hassan, Ayat Roushdy Abdallah, Nagwa Habib, Shaimaa Soliman |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
Předmět: |
Substance abuse
medicine.medical_specialty Logistic regression Screen test 03 medical and health sciences vocational students 0302 clinical medicine Informed consent medicine religious commitment 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Night work biology business.industry biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Vocational education work schedule Work schedule Egypt Cannabis Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health Research (2021) |
ISSN: | 2279-9036 |
Popis: | Background Drug abuse is one of the world's most serious and rapidly rising problems, causing a wide variety of health issues with significant morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to explore the association between part-time work and substance abuse among vocational students. Design and methods We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study that included all part-time working male students from five vocational male schools, and we used a standardized pretested questionnaire after obtaining written informed consent. A One- Step Multi-Drug Screen Test was used to assess the substances that were abused Results A total of 316 out of the 400 invited students participated in our study. Of the total screened subjects, 26.6 % were abusing substances. Twenty-five (36.2%) day working adolescents, nine (14.0%) night working adolescents, and forty (36.0%) day and night working adolescents were abusers. Tobacco was the most widely abused drug (68%) in the form of smoking, followed by cannabis (24%), marijuana (16.4%), alcohol (10%), and opioid (6.3%). Night workers had significantly lower rates of smoking, cannabis, Marijuana, alcohol, or opioids abuse, and Logistic regression was performed to ascertain the effects of the work schedule on the likelihood that participants have substance abuse; Night workers were 7.14 times less likely to have substance abuse than day workers, while day and night work did not differ from day work. Conclusions The prevalence of drug abuse in vocational students is considered high and a serious problem that damages the youth and the community. |
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