Abstract

ROLDAN SOLER, Yuleidy Anier; PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Rubén Demetrio; FALCON FARINAS, Irma Niurka  and  BORGES TORRES, Osana Isabel. Drug consumption patterns in adolescents admitted to the Provincial Pediatric Hospital of Camagüey. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1, pp.109-123.  Epub Apr 25, 2021. ISSN 1727-8120.

The objective of the work was to characterize the consumption patterns of drugs in adolescents admitted to the Intervention Unit in Crisis of the Provincial Pediatric Hospital of Camagüey. It was used the quantitative methodology through theoretical and empirical methods. To collect the data, the medical records were reviewed. The research comprised a sample of 83 adolescents. The study made possible to determine the increase in the number of income from consumption of substances from 2016 to 2019 and the most numerous age group was conformed between 16 and 18 years. Curiosity, pleasure and the influence of the group of friends were the main reasons for addictions.

Keywords : drugs use; adolescents.

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