Patrones de consumo de sustancias psicoactivas zaruma el faique con edad promedio 18 a 60 años diciembre 2018

Abstract

Introduction: The consumption of legal and illegal psychoactive substances is considered a serious and very important problem due to its negative impact on health, economy and family partner. Increasingly, the use of these is done at an early age. Objective. - Characterization of the consumption patterns of psychoactive substances in the inhabitants Zaruma el Faique with average age 18-60 years. December 2018. Methodology. - Research is a descriptive, transversal, semi-structured method. The Universe has 300 inhabitants, it shows 200 people of which 60 people answered if being a consumer. A survey and a semi-structured interview were applied, with informed consent to the participants. The odds ratio was used as a statistical measure. Results. - The sex variable indicates that there is an excess risk of 0, 1 probability of being a consumer in men than in women. The occupation variable gives us an odds ratio of - 0.9 and is considered a protective factor. The combination variable expresses a 0.8 odds ratio considered a risk factor. Conclusion. - Substance consumption patterns are initiated by testing the drug and its effects, after a certain number of uses, abandonment or abuse and dependence are generated. There are risk factors that lead the individual to be vulnerable and a possible consumer such as family conflicts, partners, availability of substances, genetics, school, unemployment, poverty.