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Work schedule and substance abuse in vocational students

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 method...

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Autores principales: Soliman, Shaimaa Sherif, Allam, Heba Khodary, Habib, Nagwa Mahmoud, Abdallah, Ayat Roushdy, Hassan, Omayma M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34351099
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2021.2395
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author Soliman, Shaimaa Sherif
Allam, Heba Khodary
Habib, Nagwa Mahmoud
Abdallah, Ayat Roushdy
Hassan, Omayma M
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description 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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spelling pubmed-88835562022-03-10 Work schedule and substance abuse in vocational students Soliman, Shaimaa Sherif Allam, Heba Khodary Habib, Nagwa Mahmoud Abdallah, Ayat Roushdy Hassan, Omayma M J Public Health Res Article 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. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8883556/ /pubmed/34351099 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2021.2395 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34351099
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2021.2395
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