THE DRUG TAKING PATTERNS OF NURSING, MEDICAL, AND PHARMACY STUDENTS IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
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1981-04-10
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Medical, nursing and pharmacy students work with drugs on a daily basis. However, little information as to their substance use in known in Australia. A survey of 791 first- and final-year medical, nursing, and pharmacy students to determine their alcohol and drugs use patterns was carried out during February to April, 1980 at Queensland University. This sample was part of a larger study of alcohol and drug-taking behaviors and attitudes towards alcoholics and alcoholism of pre-professional students in many helping professional fields. Another purpose of the overall study was to test the reliability of the instrument. The results indicated that about 89% currently (at least once during past year) drank and 70% were light drinkers. Currently around 88% drank coffee or tea, 85% used non-prescription analgesics, 32% used tobacco, 25% antihistamines, 9% marijuana, 9% sedatives, 6% tranquilizer. Under 3 % used hallucinogens, cocaine or opiates during the past year. Reliability of the instrument was calculated by using the Pearson product-moment correlation. The test-retest reliability of the quantity and frequency of substance usage ranged from 0.62 to 0.95, with a mean of 0.72.
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Other research papers on university students drinking can be found at:: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=dateissued; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=dateissued and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=dateissued. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The SAQ used in this study is found at: ht http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17200. The classic1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued
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Queensland, Australia,student drinking, drug use, medical, nursing, pharmacy
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Engs, Ruth c. (1981) THE DRUG TAKING PATTERNS OF NURSING, MEDICAL, AND PHARMACY STUDENTS IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. Paper presented: National Council on Alcoholism, Conference, (Nursing Section), New Orleans, April 10, 1981. Retrieved from the IUScholarWorks repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17185
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This work is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For permission to reuse this work for commercial purposes, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs or the IU Archives.
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