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Substance abuse in Students with disabilities in tertiary education in the Netherlands

Substance abuse in Students with disabilities in tertiary education in the Netherlands. Claudia van der Heijde (Msc), Peter Vonk (MD) & Frans Meijman (MD, PhD) Student Health Services, University of Amsterdam Department of Research, development and prevention

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Substance abuse in Students with disabilities in tertiary education in the Netherlands

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  1. Substance abuse in Students with disabilitiesin tertiary education in the Netherlands Claudia van der Heijde (Msc), Peter Vonk (MD) & Frans Meijman (MD, PhD) Student Health Services, University of Amsterdam Department of Research, development and prevention University of Amsterdam – the Netherlands 3rd European Symposium on Substance Use and Abuse among University Students 7th - 8th June 2012, University of Bradford, UK

  2. Theory Disabilities and drug (ab)use: overall the use is less elevated risk not many data on students West & Graham (2005).

  3. Research questions • What is the frequency of use (smoking, alcohol and drugs) of students with/ without disabilities • Is there a difference in the chance at dependency for these groups? • Is there a relationship between the experienced hinder from the disabilities/complaints on the one hand and smoking, alcohol and drug dependency on the other?

  4. Method Categorization disability and complaints Categorization into physical/mental (or both) Frequencies (non)users Measures CDS-5, AUDIT, DAST-10, hinder ANOVA’s Hierarchical regressions

  5. Sample :Traffic lights(januari-july 2011) • 3982 respondents • male –female proportion was 30%-70% • average age 22.8 years (SD=4.28) • study phase (32% Prop ; 58% Bach; 10% Mast) • Living situation (46% parents or family; 22% peers; 18% alone; 14% partner) • 17% reported disabilities (physical and/or mental) • 28% reported a physical problem(s) • 13% reported a mental problem(s)

  6. results %

  7. Results : disabilities %

  8. Physical or mentalcomplaints %

  9. Anovas

  10. Anovas

  11. Hierarchicalregressions • Smoking • F(8, 286)=2.52; p=,012 • Drugs • F(8, 190)=1.95; p=,054 • Alcohol • F(8, 893)=6.53; p=,000

  12. Smoking

  13. Alcohol

  14. Drugs

  15. Conclusions More students with disabilities that stay abstinent from cigarettes alcohol or drugs More students with physical disabilities or complaints that stay abstinent from cigarettes and drugs (not the case for alcohol) Significant difference in smoking and drug dependence between students that report a disability and students without disability and complaints (not the case for alcohol) Significant difference in smoking and drug dependence between students that report a physical or mental problem (not the case for alcohol) Significant relationship between experienced hinder from disabilities or physical or mental complaints, and smoking dependence (pus a trend for drugs dependence)

  16. Thanksforyour attention! c.m.vanderheijde@uva.nl

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