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Cannabis drugs among students of Prague medical faculties: prevalence of use and related risk behaviour
Bošková, Milena ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Gabrhelík, Roman (referee)
Objectives : The main goal of this work is to find out prevalence of use cannabis drugs among students of medical faculties in Prague and also find out a relationship between cannabis drugs abuse and risk behaviour. Sample : The research sample consisted of 686 medical students First, Second and Third faculty of Medecine of Charles University in Prague. The main criterium for entry into the research was that students had to be enrolled in first through fifth year of medicine. Students of medicine sixth grade were excluded from research because of their limited time schedule, which related to their studies. Methods : Research was provided by quantitative methods - questionnaire, which was structured and anonymous Results : It was found that lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among medical students compared with the earlier results of different studies significantly increased. The prevalence of cannabis use over the past 12 months was higher in men than in women. It was confirmed that men on average achieve higher scores on the CAST questionnaire, which maps the risk behavior regarding the use of cannabis. Those in the questionnaire CAST achieve higher scores, their risk behaviour was more related with cannabis drugs use. Conclusion : Lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among young people, including...
Cannabis drugs among students of Prague medical faculties: prevalence of use and related risk behaviour
Bošková, Milena ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Gabrhelík, Roman (referee)
Objectives : The main goal of this work is to find out prevalence of use cannabis drugs among students of medical faculties in Prague and also find out a relationship between cannabis drugs abuse and risk behaviour. Sample : The research sample consisted of 686 medical students First, Second and Third faculty of Medecine of Charles University in Prague. The main criterium for entry into the research was that students had to be enrolled in first through fifth year of medicine. Students of medicine sixth grade were excluded from research because of their limited time schedule, which related to their studies. Methods : Research was provided by quantitative methods - questionnaire, which was structured and anonymous Results : It was found that lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among medical students compared with the earlier results of different studies significantly increased. The prevalence of cannabis use over the past 12 months was higher in men than in women. It was confirmed that men on average achieve higher scores on the CAST questionnaire, which maps the risk behavior regarding the use of cannabis. Those in the questionnaire CAST achieve higher scores, their risk behaviour was more related with cannabis drugs use. Conclusion : Lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among young people, including...

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