13.Teenage Drug Abuse: A CrossSectional Study among Students in Sialkot
Hamza Tanveer, Imran Javid, Rana Mozammil Shamsher Khan and Maria Butt
ABSTRACT
Objective: The objective of the current study was to investigate drug abuse among teenage students in Sialkot
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Government Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot in October 2018. Materials and Methods: 427 Adult teenagers studying in 13th and 14th class and abusing drugs were included by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Exclusion criteria were students with severe medical illness. Questionnaire contained demographic details and substance being abused by the students. Students from Arts, General Science, Medical and computer & IT were included. Data was analyzed by SPSS v 23.
Results: 306 (71.66%) students were male. Family background of 246 (57.62 %) students was urban and 289 (67.68%) were day scholars. Monthly income of majority 228 (53.39%) were between 25000-50000. 243 (56.90%) had family history of substance abuse. Medical students were 106 (24.83%), General science 109 (25.53%), Arts 105 (24.59%) and computer & IT 107 (25.05%). The most common substance of abuse was cigarette smoking 105 (24.59 %). The second most common were students with poly substance abuse 97 (22.72 %).The third most common was abuse of sleeping pills in 58 (13.58 %) students.
Conclusion: The most common substance of abuse was cigarette smoking 105 (24.59 %) followed by poly substance abuse 97 (22.72 %) and sleeping pills in 58 (13.58 %) students.
Key Words: Teenage, Students, Drug abuse, addiction
Citation of articles: Tanveer H, Javid I, Khan RMS, Butt M. Teenage Drug Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Study among Students in Sialkot. Med Forum 2019;30(4):57-60.