Prevalence of alcohol, drug use and psychoactive substance consumption in samples of French and Congolese high school students. Courtois, R., El-Hage, W., Moussiessi, T., & Mullet, E. Tropical Doctor, 34(1):15--17, January, 2004. abstract bibtex The aim of this study was to make a first comparative approach to teenagers'consumption of psychoactive substances within samples drawn in France and in Brazzaville the Congo. The samples consisted of 1637 French high-school students and 155 Congolese students. An anonymous questionnaire with 13 closed items was completed. Whilst 82.1% of the male and 74.5% of the female French students had already consumed some alcoholic drinks, only 42.4% of the male and 44.0% of female Congolese students had consumed alcohol. French high school students were more affected by tobacco addiction: 22.2% (male) and 22.9% (female) of the French students smoked daily; only 3.0% (male) and 1.9% (female) Congolese students were smokers. The consumption of psychotropic medicines (sedatives, anxiolytics or hypnotics) appeared overall to be less among French high school students than the Congolese, particularly in boys (11.9% versus 17.2%). This consumption was mainly from medicine taken without medical prescription or misused. The use of cannabis appeared overall to be higher among French high school students (45.9% of males and 31.6% of females) than the Congolese (12.5% of males and 7.4% of females).
@article{ courtois_prevalence_2004,
title = {Prevalence of alcohol, drug use and psychoactive substance consumption in samples of French and Congolese high school students},
volume = {34},
issn = {0049-4755},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to make a first comparative approach to teenagers'consumption of psychoactive substances within samples drawn in France and in Brazzaville the Congo. The samples consisted of 1637 French high-school students and 155 Congolese students. An anonymous questionnaire with 13 closed items was completed. Whilst 82.1% of the male and 74.5% of the female French students had already consumed some alcoholic drinks, only 42.4% of the male and 44.0% of female Congolese students had consumed alcohol. French high school students were more affected by tobacco addiction: 22.2% (male) and 22.9% (female) of the French students smoked daily; only 3.0% (male) and 1.9% (female) Congolese students were smokers. The consumption of psychotropic medicines (sedatives, anxiolytics or hypnotics) appeared overall to be less among French high school students than the Congolese, particularly in boys (11.9% versus 17.2%). This consumption was mainly from medicine taken without medical prescription or misused. The use of cannabis appeared overall to be higher among French high school students (45.9% of males and 31.6% of females) than the Congolese (12.5% of males and 7.4% of females).},
language = {eng},
number = {1},
journal = {Tropical Doctor},
author = {Courtois, R. and El-Hage, W. and Moussiessi, T. and Mullet, E.},
month = {January},
year = {2004},
pmid = {14959963},
keywords = {Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Congo, Female, France, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Psychotropic Drugs, Questionnaires, Smoking, Students, Substance-Related Disorders},
pages = {15--17}
}
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