Factors Associated with the Consumption of NSP in Adolescents Admitted to Outpatient Treatment

Abstract

The present study aims to determine the factors associated with the consumption of substance "H" in adolescents attended at a university teaching center. The applied sampling method was intentional non-probabilistic; 306 adolescent consumers of the substance called "H" were selected. Analyzes were performed according to the type of variables and were described by analyzing descriptive statistics: mean, standard deviation, median, and frequency and proportions. The normality test was performed, using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) statistic. Non-parametric tests: Mann Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis and independence was evaluated with the Chi-square statistic. The statistical program IBM SPSS version 25.0 was used. Results: 83% are men, with a mean age of 15.25 years. The average age of initiation of consumption is 12.29 years. The consumption time they have is an average of 2.96 years. 95.4% study and enjoy watching TV or sports, and only 7.8% do their homework. There is polydrug use, and its causal risk factors are conflicts with the family, although they are also a support for adolescents; close consumers their friends and family; consumption and sale of drugs in their educational centers. It is concluded that the causal factors are related to the influence of their social environment that put adolescents at risk and vulnerability to the consumption of the substance called "H", and the consequences of that consumption have an impact on their development as well as on the psychological spheres particularly to the development of his personality.