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Consumo De Sustancias Psicoestimulantes En Estudiantes Universitarios
ISSN: 2602 - 8247
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Consumo De Sustancias Psicoestimulantes En Estudiantes Universitarios
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ICC-1802
Publisher: Fundación Internacional Para La Educación La Ciencia Y La ..
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IAA.ZONE/2602411358247
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Abstract
The purpose of determining the prevalence of consumption of minor psychostimulant substances (caffeine, taurine, modafinil) over-the-counter in university students. The information was collected by applying a survey to 235 students from the first to the sixth semester of the Nursing Career at the Central University of Ecuador, period 2018 - 2019. The prevalence study reveals the type of substances, frequency, reasons and Effects of consumption from the perception of the investigated. For the analysis of data, measures of central tendency, calculation of the chi-square statistic and OR as measures of significance were applied, which allowed inferring that the group of researchers have a very high consumption prevalence of coffee and energy drinks and a considerable percentage of the drug consumption. The periodicity of consumption is 2 to 3 daily cups of coffee, while more than 50% take at least one energy drink per day and the consump...
