Author/Editor     Hovnik-Keršmanc, Marjetka; Hafner, Alenka; Stergar, Eva
Title     Razširjenost tobaka, alkohola in drugih drog med gorenjskimi mladostniki na podlagi raziskave RSPAD
Translated title     ESPAD survey on the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among adolescents in the Gorenjska region
Type     članek
Source     Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.     Letnik 45, št. 1
Publication year     2006
Volume     str. 11-22
Language     slo
Abstract     Background: The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of drug use in 15-16-year-old students in the region of Gorenjska, and to identify drug use trends over the past four years. Methods: The target population was students born in 1987 who answered the anonymous ESPAD questionnaire. The sample was representative of students of both sexes and of all types of secondary schools. The findings were compared with the results obtained by the ESPAD survey, conducted in the Gorenjska region in 1999. Results: Alcohol and tobacco were found to be the most frequently used drugs. Sixty-nine per cent of 15-16-year-old students reported the use of tobacco, and 33% of them had smoked regularly in the past 30 days. Ninety-two-percent of respondents had consumed alcohol beverages in their lifetime; 73% were drunk, 29% of them in the past 30 days. The prevalence of lifetime marijuana use was 38%; 20.5% of respondents had used marijuana in the past 30 days. The prevalence of lifetime use of any illicit drug other than marijuana was 8%. The prevalence for use of inhalants was 20%, and for tranquillisers or sedatives obtained without a doctors prescription, 5%. Conclusion: The use of all drugs except tranquillisers increased over the past four years. The surveyed 15-16-year-old students used drugs more often and larger amounts, and they were younger at first use. Higher proportions of users of most drugs were found for the Gorenjska region compared to the Slovene average. Gorenjska belonged to the ESPAD countries with a high percent of students reporting drug use. The drug problem should be tackled by informing a large proportion of population, especially the key stakeholders, about current trends in adolescent drug use.
Summary     Izhodišča: Z raziskavo so želeli oceniti stanje na področju uživanja drog med gorenjskimi mladostniki ter trend v zadnjih štirih letih. Metode: Ciljna skupina so bili dijaki 1. letnikov srednjih šol na Gorenjskem, rojeni leta 1987, ki so anonimno odgovarjali na vprašalnik ESPAD. Vzorec je bil reprezentativen za vse tipe šol in za oba spola. Rezultate so primerjali z rezultati istoimenske raziskave iz leta 1999 na Gorenjskem. Rezultati: Alkohol in tobak sta bili najpogostejši drogi. 69% dijakov je že kadilo tobak, v zadnjem mesecu 33% redno. 93% dijakov je že pilo alkohol, 73% jih je že bilo opitih, 29% v zadnjih 30 dneh. Po marihuani je poseglo že 38%, v zadnjih 30 dneh 20,5%. O rabi ostalih ilegalnih sibstanc je poročalo 8% vprašanih. Hlape je vdihavalo 20% dijakov, pomirjevala, ki jih ni predpisal zdravnik, pa je vzelo že 5% vprašanih. Zaključek: v štirih letih se je med gorenjskimi mladostniki povečala raba vseh drog, razen pomirjeval, po drogah so posegli pogosteje, v večjih količinah, z njimi pa so se prvič srečali mlajši. Raba večine drog je bila med gorenjskimi mladostniki bolj razširjena kot v povprečju v Sloveniji. Tudi med državami ESPAD se je Gorenjska uvrstila med bolj obremenjena območja. Za reševanje problematike je pomembna tudi dobra informiranost o razširjenosti drog med mladostniki čim širšega kroga prebivalcev, zlasti tistih, ki lahko največ prispevajo k njenemu zmanjševanju.
Descriptors     SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SMOKING
ALCOHOL DRINKING
MARIJUANA SMOKING
STREET DRUGS
ADOLESCENCE
QUESTIONNAIRES