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Enfermería Actual de Costa Rica
On-line version ISSN 1409-4568Print version ISSN 1409-4568
Abstract
AMARO HINOJOSA, Marily Daniela; CAMPA MAGALLON, Teresita de Jesús; CANTU-MARTINEZ, Pedro César and GOMEZ MEZA, Marco Vinicio. Patterns of consumption of licit and illicit drugs patients entering an emergency room. Enfermería Actual de Costa Rica [online]. 2016, n.30, pp.73-85. ISSN 1409-4568.
Background.
To identify the arrangement of people to change their consumption behavior of licit and illicit drugs that go to an emergency room.
Method.
A descriptive cross-sectional design study. The population of patients older than 18 who suffered an accident or injury by violence related to drug use and admitted to the emergency room of a public institution of tertiary care in Monterrey, Mexico, was established. 83 people participated and sampling was conducted in the year 2011.
Results.
The study oblation consisted mainly of men (fi=79, hi=95,2%), mostly whose occupation was that of worker (fi=54, hi=71,1%), admitted to the emergency room for injuries by violence (fi=42, hi=50,6%). Participants are mostly in the contemplation stage, 62,2% (fi=46) and 77,8% (fi=7), to legal and illegal drugs.
Conclusion.
Essentially the participants are in the contemplation stage for both legal and illegal consumption of drugs, indicating a correction to their behavior.
Keywords : addictive-behavior; alcohol-abuse; marijuana; cocaine; violence.
