CONSUMO DE SUSTANCIAS PSICOESTIMULANTES EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS

Journal Title: Revista Científica Retos de la Ciencia - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 6

Abstract

The purpose of determining the prevalence of consumption of minor psychostimulant substances (caffeine, taurine, modafinil) over-the-counter in university students. The information was collected by applying a survey to 235 students from the first to the sixth semester of the Nursing Career at the Central University of Ecuador, period 2018 - 2019. The prevalence study reveals the type of substances, frequency, reasons and Effects of consumption from the perception of the investigated. For the analysis of data, measures of central tendency, calculation of the chi-square statistic and OR as measures of significance were applied, which allowed inferring that the group of researchers have a very high consumption prevalence of coffee and energy drinks and a considerable percentage of the drug consumption. The periodicity of consumption is 2 to 3 daily cups of coffee, while more than 50% take at least one energy drink per day and the consumption of drugs is once weekly. The reasons for consumption were to improve academic performance and overload of academic work. Regarding the side effects produced by the consumption, the psychological and gastrointestinal ones stand out. In general, 100% of the studied university population consumes some type of minor psychostimulant substance, being the semesters of higher consumption third and first, respectively.

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Jeimmy Pamela Rubio Barrera Lorena Maribel Chicaiza Jácome Imelda del Socorro Villota Villota Ramiro Rojas Jaramillo

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Jeimmy Pamela Rubio Barrera Lorena Maribel Chicaiza Jácome Imelda del Socorro Villota Villota Ramiro Rojas Jaramillo (2019). CONSUMO DE SUSTANCIAS PSICOESTIMULANTES EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS. Revista Científica Retos de la Ciencia, 3(6), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-694832