Prevalence of Smoking, Alcohol and Substance Use Between High School Students in Yeşilyurt and Battalgazi District of Malatya Province and Influencing Factors

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine the prevalence of smoking, alcohol, and substance use among high school students and the factors that cause them to use them. Materials and Methods: 42629 high school students are included in this descriptive study. Considering the smoking prevalence is 25.0%, the sample size is 846. A questionnaire was conducted with 975 persons in nine high schools, which had been selected through a stratified sampling method. The chi-square test and the logistical regression analysis are used to assess the statistical analysis. Results: It was found that the smoking prevalence of the students who participated in this study was 34.0%, while drinking alcohol rate was 14.3%, and use of substances was 4.2%. The smoking rate of male students was 2.2 times more than that of the female students, while use of alcohol by the male students was 7.6 times higher if they smoked. Drinking alcohol rises by 9.6 times compared with those who smoke, while it increases to 26.8 times if the family members drink it (p<0.05). Conclusion: The rate of smoking, drinking alcohol, and substance use among high school students is relatively high. For this reason, students should be informed about harmful habits.

Keywords

• Students
• Cigarette Smoking
• Adolescent Alcohol Use
• Substance abuse

Malatya İli Yeşilyurt ve Battalgazi İlçelerinde Lise Öğrencileri Arasında Sigara, Alkol ve Madde Kullanımı Sıklığı ve Etkileyen Faktörler

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmada lise öğrencileri arasında sigara, alkol ve madde kullanımı sıklığı ve etkileyen faktörleri incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Materyal ve Metot: Kesitsel tipte yapılan bu çalışmaya, 42629 lise öğrencisi dahil edilmiştir. Sigara içme prevalansı %25,0 olarak kabul edildiğinde; örneklem büyüklüğü 846 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Tabakalı örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 9 ayrı lisede toplam 975 kişi üzerinde anket yapılmıştır. İstatistiksel analizlerde Ki-kare testi ve Lojistik Regresyon analiz testleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin sigara kullanma prevelansı %34,0, alkol kullanma prevelansı %14,3 ve madde kullanma prevelansı %4,2 bulunmuştur. Sigara kullanımı; erkek öğrencilerde 2,2 kat, alkol kullananlarda 7,6 kat daha yüksektir (p<0,05). Alkol kullanımı; sigara kullananlarda 9,6 kat, ailede alkol kullanımı var ise 26,8 kat artmaktadır (p<0,05). Sonuç: Sigara, alkol ve madde kullanımı lise öğrencilerinde oldukça yüksektir. Bu nedenle öğrencilere zararlı alışkanlıklar hakkında bilgilendirilmelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Öğrenciler
• Sigara içmek
• Alkol İçme
• Madde kullanımı

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