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dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Paul
dc.contributor.authorSemblat, Florencia
dc.contributor.authorPautassi, Ricardo Marcos
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-11T16:20:39Z
dc.date.available2021-08-11T16:20:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationRuiz, Paul; Semblat, Florencia; Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos; The Change in Psychoactive Substance Consumption in Relation to Psychological Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Uruguay; Sultan Qaboos University; Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal; 2021; 1; 5-2021; 1-16es
dc.identifier.issn2075-0528
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11086/19410
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/4358
dc.description.abstractObjective: to analyze how the health crisis associated with the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected psychoactive substance consumption in Uruguay. Method: An online survey was answered by 1916 Uruguayan citizens between March 26th and April 5th, 2020. They were surveyed on psychoactive substance use before and after the instauration of a recommended quarantine, and on increases in frequency and volume of use (during the quarantine) of the psychoactive substance they reported as having consumed the most in the year prior to the quarantine, and psychological distress experienced during the last month. Results: The main substances consumed during the quarantine were alcohol, tobacco, marihuana, and psychopharmaceuticals. Approximately 29.0% increased the volume (and 17.7% the frequency) of use of the substance they had consumed the most the year before the instauration of the quarantine. Moreover, 5.6% initiated the consumption of a new psychoactive substance during the quarantine, mostly marihuana and psychopharmaceuticals. Psychological distress was significantly higher in women, in participants under 30 years old and in those that increased the volume of their preferred substance or increased the volume of the second preferred psychoactive substance. Membership into the group reporting an increase in the volume of use of the preferred psychoactive substance was associated with greater psychological distress. Conclusions: These results indicate an association between the instauration of the recommended quarantine in Uruguay and greater psychoactive substance use during the period, as well as an association between increased psychoactive substance use during this period and levels of psychological stress. These results are relevant in terms of public health and public policies.es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCovid 19es
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2es
dc.subjectUruguayes
dc.subjectPsychoactive substanceses
dc.subjectPandemices
dc.titleThe Change in Psychoactive Substance Consumption in Relation to Psychological Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Uruguayes
dc.typearticlees
dc.description.versionpublishedVersiones
dc.description.filFil: Ruiz, Paul. Universidad de la República; Uruguay.es
dc.description.filFil: Semblat, Florencia. Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres; Uruguay.es
dc.description.filFil: Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina.es
dc.description.filFil: Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra; Argentina.es
dc.journal.cityMascatees
dc.journal.countryOmánes
dc.journal.editorialSultan Qaboos Universityes
dc.journal.number5es
dc.journal.pagination1-16es
dc.journal.titleSultan Qaboos University Medical Journales
dc.journal.volume1es


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