Volume 27, Issue 135, May 2023

Prevalence of substances misuse and predisposing factors at various stages of medical carrier at Al Madinah province KSA

Rania Ezzat Mufti¹, Bader Hussein Alsawadi², Waleed Talal Alahmadi², Abdulkarem Mohammed Abunaji², Khaled Hussin Alnhas², Faris Sameer Sebaa², Ali Abdulaziz Alraddadi², Magdy Ali Elbarbary¹

¹Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, Alrayan Colleges, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²College of Medicine, Medical Students, College of Medicine, Alrayan Colleges, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Substances use is widespread, including among students, especially medical students. Objective: We conducted this study to estimate the prevalence of substances misuse and predisposing factors at various stages of medical carriers at Al-Madinah Provence KSA. Methodology: Utilizing a certified questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was transmitted among 279 undergraduate and postgraduate students at Al-Rayan Medical College. Results: Data showed that 29.4% of medical students use these subjects. The prevalence of drug use was 5.4% using Captagon, 9.3% using cannabis and 14.7% using other substances among medical students raising in drug misuse has been noticed in recent years of medical education. About 63.8% of those students using these substances were aware of the adverse effects. The most common reason these students take up these subjects is to relieve psychological stress and occasional parties. Of the 29.4% of substance users, 11.5% tried it once at university and 13.7% took it with their friends. The current study revealed that 10% of drug use among students was due to a lack of parental participation and interactions and 10% may be due to some students losing their parents. Conclusion: Roughly one third of students who attend medical school misuse at least one substance in spite of knowing the adverse effects of the chief preparedness factor are psychological stress. The most important independent factors that predicted the risk of drug involvement were male.

Keywords: Psychological Stress, Medical Students, substances misuse

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e211ms3012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i135/e211ms3012

Published: 02 May 2023