College students' non-medical use & misuse of ADHD meds

大学生非医疗用途

• 批准号: 6979940
• 负责人: DAVID L RABINER
• 金额: $ 21.09万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6979940
• 关键词: Internet; alcoholic beverage consumption; attention deficit disorder; behavioral /social science research tag; central nervous system stimulants; clinical research; gender difference; health surveys; human subject; longitudinal human study; mental disorder chemotherapy; methylphenidate; motivation; peer group; personality; psychopharmacology; questionnaires; self medication; statistics /biometry; substance abuse epidemiology; substance abuse related behavior; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite growing concerns about the non-medical use of ADHD medications by college students (i.e., using ADHD medications without a prescription), and the possible misuse of such medications by students with prescriptions (e.g., using higher doses than have been prescribed) limited information exists on the prevalence of these behaviors, the reasons students engage in these behaviors, the risk factors for these behaviors, and what the consequences may be. To address these gaps in the literature, we propose a longitudinal study of the non-medical use and misuse of ADHD medications among all entering students at 2 diverse universities - Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Students will be asked to complete a web-based survey pertaining to their use of ADHD medication at the beginning and end of their freshman year, and at the end of their sophomore year, so that the development of non-medical use and misuse of ADHD medication during the first two years of college can be tracked. The survey will assess frequency of use, method of administration (i.e., oral, intranasal, injection), reasons for use (e.g. to enhance academic performance, to get high, etc.), and perceived consequences of use. Other substance use, psychiatric symptoms - including ADHD symptoms - and personality characteristics will be assessed so that risk factors for non-medical use/misuse of ADHD medication can be examined. Results will provide new information on the prevalence of different types of non-medical use and misuse of ADHD medications by college students, and how this varies by gender, ethnicity, and type of institution. New information on risk factors for nonmedical use and misuse of ADHD medication, as well as the consequences associated with these practices, will also be gathered; a particular interest is whether untreated ADHD symptoms are an important risk factor for non-medical use. Finally, data on the prescribed use of ADHD medication among college students, an area where little data currently exists, will be collected. Results will inform college administrators and health providers about whether non-medical use and misuse of ADHD medications by college students represents an important public health problem, and will set the stage for subsequent investigations of this topic.

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管人们对大学生对ADHD药物的非医学使用（即使用ADHD药物（即没有处方处方）的非医学使用的担忧越来越多，并且可能滥用处方药（例如使用剂量较高的剂量（比所规定的剂量更高）的学生对这些行为的预期存在，这些行为可能对这些行为以及这些行为的行为存在，这些行为可能存在这些行为，而这些行为可能会受到这些行为的影响。为了解决文献中的这些差距，我们提出了一项纵向研究，对两所不同大学的所有入学学生 - 杜克大学和北卡罗来纳大学 - 格林斯伯勒大学的非医学使用和滥用ADHD药物。将要求学生完成一项基于网络的调查，该调查与他们在新生的开始和结束时以及大二年末的使用有关，以便可以跟踪大学前两年的非医学使用和滥用ADHD药物的开发。该调查将评估使用频率，管理方法（即口腔，鼻内注射），使用原因（例如增强学习成绩，获得高高等）以及使用的使用后果。还将评估其他药物使用，精神病症状 - 包括多动症症状和人格特征，以便可以检查非医疗使用/滥用多动症药物的危险因素。结果将提供有关不同类型的非医学使用和滥用ADHD药物的新信息，以及这如何随性别，种族和类型的机构而变化。关于非医疗使用和滥用多动症药物的风险因素的新信息以及与这些实践相关的后果也将收集；一个特别的兴趣是未经治疗的ADHD症状是否是非医学使用的重要危险因素。最后，将收集有关在大学生中使用ADHD药物的规定使用的数据，该领域将收集目前很少的数据。结果将向大学管理人员和健康提供者提供有关大学生对ADHD药物的非医学使用和滥用ADHD药物的信息，这是一个重要的公共卫生问题，并将为随后对该主题的调查奠定基础。