Psychoactive substance use and its predictors among commercial tricycle operators in Jos north local government area of Plateau State.
Psychoactive substance use and its predictors among commercial tricycle operators in Jos north local government area of Plateau State.
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10.4103/jomt.jomt_44_19
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2020-01
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Bupwatda PW
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Afolaranmi TO;Hassan ZI;Ugwu OJ;Onche MA;Obasi JC;Stephen OG;Ugwu KG;Bupwatda PW
根据联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室 (UNODC) 的数据，大约 2.43 亿 15 至 64 岁的人消费了非法物质，这使得这是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，并伴随着身体、社会和心理问题。研究表明，商用三轮车驾驶员发生的道路交通事故中，59.5%与使用精神活性物质有关。因此，本研究旨在评估高原州乔斯北部地方政府地区三轮车操作者精神活性物质使用的流行率和模式及其预测因素。这是一项横断面研究，从三轮车骑手联盟的五个运营单位中选出的 220 名商业三轮车运营商中，使用由三个部分组成的定量数据收集工具，通过访谈者的管理方法进行。研究中受访者的平均年龄为 34 ± 10 岁，目前精神活性物质的使用率为 43.2%。精神活性物质使用的预测因素是高等教育水平（AOR = 0.06；95% CI = 0.0074–0.4806）和精神活性物质使用家族史（AOR = 3.30；95% CI = 1.7164–6.3611）。这项研究表明，受教育程度较高的商业三轮车操作员使用非法精神活性物质的比例较高，对其使用产生了负面影响，而积极的家族史则加剧了这种物质的使用。
According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) around 243 million people, aged 15–64 consumed an illicit substance making this a public health problem of global dimensions with attendant physical, social, and psychological problems. Studies have shown that 59.5% of road traffic accident among commercial tricycle operator has been associated with the use of psychoactive substances. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the prevalence and pattern of psychoactive substance use and its predictors among tricycle operators in Jos north local government area of Plateau State. This was a cross sectional study conducted among 220 commercial tricycle operators selected from a cluster of five operational units of Tricycle Riders Union using quantitative data collection instrument consisted of three sections through an interviewer’s administration method. The mean age of the respondents in the study was 34 ± 10 years with the prevalence of current use of psychoactive substance being 43.2%. The predictors of psychoactive substance use were tertiary level of education (AOR = 0.06; 95% CI = 0.0074–0.4806) and family history of use of psychoactive substance (AOR = 3.30; 95% CI = 1.7164–6.3611). This study has demonstrated a high level of illicit psychoactive substance use among commercial tricycle operators with higher level of education negatively influence its use and a positive family history potentiating it.