Assess the Knowledge on Psychoactive Substance Abuse among Adolescents

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Assess the Knowledge on Psychoactive Substance Abuse among Adolescents

Mary Minolin. T1, Nabesha. B2, Divya. S2

1Professor, Department of Child Health Nursing, 2BSc Nursing, 1,2Saveetha College of Nursing, SIMATS, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

Substanceabuseisasocialproblemintheentireworld.Theproblem ofsubstanceabuseisgrowinginexplosivemanor.Ithasspreadevery partoftheworld’sallrace,caste,religion,sexeducationalstatusetc. Theadolescentsarethemostvulnerablegroupofsubstanceabuseas comparedtootherpopulation.Theaimofthestudytoassessthe knowledgeofpyschoactivesubstanceabuseamongadolescents.A quantitativeresearchapproachwithdescriptiveresearchdesignwas adoptedforthepresentstudy.100sampleswereselectedbyusing purposivesamplingtechnique.Astructuredquestionnairewasused tocollectdemographicvariable.Inclinicalvariableself-structured questionnaireswasusedtocollectdatafromadolescentagegroup between(12-18).InresultitThisstudyshowsthat65(65%)had moderatelyadequateknowledge,30(30%)hadinadequateknowledge and5(5%)hadadequateknowledgeonpsychoactivesubstanceabuse amongadolescents.Thefindingsofthestudyrevealedthat,itis evidentthatmajorityoftheadolescentshadinadequatetomoderate knowledgeonpsychoactivesubstanceabuseandtheyneedtobe educatedabouttheilleffectsofsubstanceandtheirimpactontheir studiesandthefamily.

KEYWORDS: Assess Knowledge, Pyschoactive, and Substance Abuse

INTRODUCTION

Substanceabuseisasocialproblemintheentire world.Theproblemofsubstanceabuseisgrowingin explosivemanor.Ithas spreadeverypartofthe world’sallrace,caste,religion,sexeducationalstatus etc.Theadolescentsarethemostvulnerablegroupof substanceabuseascomparedtootherpopulation.The prevalencerateofsubstanceabuseishighestamong adolescents. Substance abuse by students in secondaryschoolsandcollegesisaseriousproblem. Health education is very helpful to prevent and control substance abuse in adolescence group (Debajani Nayak, 2019).Substance use and dependenceareamongtheadolescenceisthemost prevalent causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality.Adolescentswhohadbeenphysicallyand sexuallyassaulted,witnessedviolence,orwhohad familymemberswithalcoholordruguseproblems had increased risk of current substance abuse dependence.Substanceabuseisamajorpublichealth threatforadolescentsinworldandisanissuetobe handledbyclinicians,society,andfamilymembers. Themostpromisingroutetoeffectivestrategiesfor

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thepreventionofadolescentalcoholandotherdrug problems is by a risk-focused approach. This approachdealswithidentificationandtreatmentof riskfactorsfordrugabuse,andapplicationofthese methodstoappropriatehigh-riskandadolescence group (Debajani Nayak, 2019). The word 'adolescence'isderivedfromtheLatinadolescence (togrowup).Adolescenceisthereforeliterallythe periodofgrowingupandbecominganadult.In western society the term is now mainlyused to describetheperiodfromabout12toabout18or19 years,ortheperiodofdevelopmentfromchildhoodto youngadulthood. (Graham Philip, Turk Jeremy and Frank Verhalst).Consequently,theproportion oftheworld’sadolescentsandyouthlivinginAfrica isexpectedtorisefrom18percentin2012to28 percentby2040,whilethesharesofallotherregions willdecline.TheregioncomprisingAsiaandpacific isexpectedtoexperiencethesharpestdecline,from 61 percent in 2012 to 52 percent by 2040X [3].Substanceabuseisasocialevil.Itdestroysnot onlyvitalsofthesociety,butalsoadverselyaffects

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the economic growth of the country. Use of substancesknowsnobondsorlimitations.Itspreads alloveracountry,fromnationtonation;totheentire globe,infectingeverycivilizedsocietyirrespectiveof caste,creed,cultureandthegeographicallocation Globally,substanceabuseisaseriouspublichealth andsocialissue.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The quantitative research approach descriptive researchdesignwasusedtoassesstheknowledgeof pyschoactivesubstance abuseamongadolescents. Thesamplesizewas100ofadolescentagegroup

RESULT AND

between(12-18)whomettheselectedcriteria.Data wascollectedfromthesampleusingapurposive samplingtechnique method. The selected criteria wereadolescents.Thosewhowishtoparticipatein thisstudy.Individualwhodidnotwishtoparticipate thisstudywereexcluded.Datawascollectedusing structuredquestionnairesfordemographicvariable and self-structured questionnaires for clinical variable.Confidentialitywasmaintained.Collected datawasanalyzed.Theprojecthasbeenapprovedby theethicscommitteeoftheinstitution.

Occupation status of the mother

Governmentemployee 8 8.0 Privateemployee 33 33.0 Housewife 59 59.0

Type of family Nuclearfamily 76 76.0 Jointfamily 24 24.0

Thetable1showsthatmostoftheadolescents,47(47%)wereagedbetween13–15years,62(62%)weremale, 44(44%)werestudying8th standard–9th standard,62(62%)wereHindus,54(54%)hadfamilyincomeofabove 7000permonth,63(63%)offathershadsecondaryeducation,69(69%)ofmothershadsecondaryeducation, 81(81%)offatherswereprivateemployees,59(59%)ofmotherswerehousewivesand76(76%)belongedto nuclearfamily.

Theabovetable2showsthat65(65%)hadmoderatelyadequateknowledge,30(30%)hadinadequateknowledge and5(5%)hadadequateknowledgeonpsychoactivesubstanceabuseamongadolescents. Figure

SECTION C: ASSOCIATION OF LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES.

Table 4: Association of level of level of knowledge on psychoactive substance abuse among adolescents with their selected demographic variables

N = 100

Demographic Variables Frequency Chi-Square & p-value

Age in years

χ 2=7.181 d.f=4 p=0.127 N.S

13–15 47 16–17 31 18–19 22 Gender χ 2=0.559 d.f=2 p=0.756 N.S

Male 62 Female 38

Standard of class χ 2=5.396 d.f=4 p=0.249 N.S

8th standard–9th standard 44 10th standard–11th standard 30 11th standard–12th standard 26

Religion χ 2=1.215 d.f=4 p=0.876 N.S

Hindu 62 Muslim 10 Christian 28 Family income per month χ 2=17.955 d.f=8 p=0.022 S*

3000 4 3001–5000 11 5001–7000 31 Above7000 54

Education status of the father χ 2=1.534 d.f=4 p=0.821 N.S

IlliteratePrimaryeducation 8 Secondaryeducation 63 Graduate 29 Education status of the mother χ 2=1.046 d.f=4 p=0.903 N.S

IlliteratePrimaryeducation 8 Secondaryeducation 69 Graduate 23

Occupation status of the father χ 2=2.982 d.f=4 p=0.561 N.S

Governmentemployee 13 Privateemployee 81 Unemployee 6

Occupation status of the mother χ 2=1.434 d.f=4 p=0.838 N.S

Governmentemployee 8 Privateemployee 33 Housewife 59 Type of family χ 2=2.890 d.f=2 p=0.236 N.S Nuclearfamily 76 Jointfamily 24

*p<0.05,S–Significant,N.S–NotSignificant

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Thetable4showsthatthedemographicvariablefamilyincomepermonth (χ 2=17.955, p=0.022) hadshown statisticallysignificantassociationwithlevelofknowledgeonpsychoactivesubstanceabuseamongadolescents atp<0.05levelandtheotherdemographicvariableshadnotshownstatisticallysignificantassociationwithlevel ofknowledgeonpsychoactivesubstanceabuseamongadolescent

CONCLUSION

Thefindingsofthestudyrevealedthat “There will be a significant association of level of knowledge on psycho active substance abuse among adolescents with demographic variables” was acceptedforthedemographicvariablefamilyincome permonthandnotacceptedforallotherdemographic variable

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to extend our gratitude to the authorities of Saveetha College of Nursing and SaveethaMedicalCollegeHospitalforthisstudy.

AUTHORS CONTRIBUTION

Alltheauthorsactivelyparticipateintheworkof study.Alltheauthorsreadandapprovedthefinal manuscript.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Theauthorsdeclarenoconflictofinterest.

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