Patterns of consumption of licit and illicit drugs patients entering an emergency room

Background. To identify the arrangement of people to change their consumption behavior of licit and illicit drugs that go to an emergency room.Method. A descriptive cross-sectional design study. The population of patients older than 18 who suffered an accident or injury by violence related to drug u...

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Autores: Amaro Hinojosa, Marily Daniela, Campa Magallón, Teresita de Jesús, Cantú-Martínez, Pedro César, Gómez Meza, Marco Vinicio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/22340
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/enfermeria/article/view/22340
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:conducta adictiva
alcoholismo
abuso de marihuana
cocaína
violencia
addictive-behavior
alcohol-abuse
marijuana
cocaine
violence.
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Sumario:Background. To identify the arrangement of people to change their consumption behavior of licit and illicit drugs that go to an emergency room.Method. A descriptive cross-sectional design study. The population of patients older than 18 who suffered an accident or injury by violence related to drug use and admitted to the emergency room of a public institution of tertiary care in Monterrey, Mexico, was established. 83 people participated and sampling was conducted in the year 2011.Results. The study oblation consisted mainly of men (fi=79, hi=95,2%), mostly whose occupation was that of worker (fi=54, hi=71,1%), admitted to the emergency room for injuries by violence (fi=42, hi=50,6%). Participants are mostly in the contemplation stage, 62,2% (fi=46) and 77,8% (fi=7), to legal and illegal drugs. Conclusion. Essentially the participants are in the contemplation stage for both legal and illegal consumption of drugs, indicating a correction to their behavior.