Perfil de uso de drogas psicoativas em uma comunidade rural do município de Santo Antônio do Leverger, Mato Grosso - 2013

Abstract

The behavior of the use, abuse and addiction, as well as causing complications in the human body, contributing to the increase in violence come to impact health services. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the use of psychoactive drugs in the rural community of Pequizeiro of Santo Antônio do Leverger. Method: This is a descriptive exploratory survey. Data collection was conducted from September to October 2013, in which 42 people, one per household, where applicators held a raffle of those residents who were in the age range 12 to 65 years were interviewed. The instrument contained questions related to sociodemographic, occupational, and use of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use variables. There was the simple frequency analysis. Results: The substances that showed the highest frequency of use both in life and in the past 12 months and past 30 days were alcohol (81.0%, 57.1% and 45.2%) and tobacco (47.6 %, 21.4% and 21.4%). The use of other drugs were 42.9 % in life, 26.2 % in year and 11.9 % in the month. Also observed lifetime use: benzodiazepines (21.4%), appetite stimulants (11.9%), marijuana (7.1%), stimulants (7.1%), cocaine (7.1%) and syrups (7.1%). Discussion: The study population reported conduct various activities as a source of income for sustenance, and few farmers, even the majority community being developed in regard to alcohol and tobacco itself showed higher proportions of use in relation to the literature, as well as for substances psychoactive, excluding alcohol and tobacco. Conclusion: The population of the rural area under study showed the use of psychotropic drugs in high proportions, suggesting the need for further studies in greater depth, to establish public policies for prevention and health care of this population with different characteristics in relation to population urban.