Authors :
Deepa Gurung; Bindu Thapa; Amrita Paudel
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 7 - July
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20JUL617
Abstract :
Substance use disorders refers to the abuse of
alcohol, illicit drugs, or substances such as over-thecounter medicines, medicines from unsupervised
ordinary retail purchase, or even through prescription.
It causes significant health problems and functional
impairments such as disability and failure to meet
responsibilities at work, school, or home. Common
substance use disorders are use of alcohol, tobacco,
cannabis (marijuana), stimulants, hallucinogens,
sedatives, hypnotics, opioids, etc.
Objective:
To assess prevalence of substance use disorders
and effectiveness of educational package on spreading
knowledge about substance use disorders among
adolescents in selected schools in Lekhnath, Nepal.
Methodology:
Pre experimental one group pretest and posttest
design was used for the study. Non-probability
convenience sampling technique was adopted for
sampling. For the study, total of 155 adolescents
studying in classes 9 and 10 were selected from schools
in Lekhnath, Nepal. Self administered structured
questionnaire was used to collect data. Data obtained
were entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using
statistical tool SPSS 16.0.
Result:
Among 155 adolescents, 97.40% had heard of
substance use disorders. 62.24% of people received the
information about substance use disorders via mass
media. Family members of 16.8% of samples were
engaged in some kind of substance use disorders. 1.90%
of sample students drank alcohol, who all happened to
be male of age 15-16 years age group. In pretest, more
than half (69.70%) of the adolescents had inadequate
knowledge about substance use disorders. On the other
hand, in the posttest, more than one third of adolescents
(37.4%) had adequate knowledge and less than twothird adolescents (58.1%) had moderate knowledge on
substance use disorders. The paired ‘t’ test was found to
be significant on knowledge level (t=23.76 at 1%
level).Only caste/ethnicity of demographical variable
was found to be associated with pretest knowledge
regarding substance use disorders (F= 3.495 at 5%
level, p=0.033).
Conclusion:
The study concluded that adolescents are in great
risk for substance use disorders. After educating on
substance use disorders, adolescents gained adequate
knowledge regarding the disorder. Study supports that
educational package was effective in improving the level
of knowledge regarding substance use disorders among
adolescents
Keywords :
prevalence, knowledge, educational package on substance use disorders, adolescents
Substance use disorders refers to the abuse of
alcohol, illicit drugs, or substances such as over-thecounter medicines, medicines from unsupervised
ordinary retail purchase, or even through prescription.
It causes significant health problems and functional
impairments such as disability and failure to meet
responsibilities at work, school, or home. Common
substance use disorders are use of alcohol, tobacco,
cannabis (marijuana), stimulants, hallucinogens,
sedatives, hypnotics, opioids, etc.
Objective:
To assess prevalence of substance use disorders
and effectiveness of educational package on spreading
knowledge about substance use disorders among
adolescents in selected schools in Lekhnath, Nepal.
Methodology:
Pre experimental one group pretest and posttest
design was used for the study. Non-probability
convenience sampling technique was adopted for
sampling. For the study, total of 155 adolescents
studying in classes 9 and 10 were selected from schools
in Lekhnath, Nepal. Self administered structured
questionnaire was used to collect data. Data obtained
were entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using
statistical tool SPSS 16.0.
Result:
Among 155 adolescents, 97.40% had heard of
substance use disorders. 62.24% of people received the
information about substance use disorders via mass
media. Family members of 16.8% of samples were
engaged in some kind of substance use disorders. 1.90%
of sample students drank alcohol, who all happened to
be male of age 15-16 years age group. In pretest, more
than half (69.70%) of the adolescents had inadequate
knowledge about substance use disorders. On the other
hand, in the posttest, more than one third of adolescents
(37.4%) had adequate knowledge and less than twothird adolescents (58.1%) had moderate knowledge on
substance use disorders. The paired ‘t’ test was found to
be significant on knowledge level (t=23.76 at 1%
level).Only caste/ethnicity of demographical variable
was found to be associated with pretest knowledge
regarding substance use disorders (F= 3.495 at 5%
level, p=0.033).
Conclusion:
The study concluded that adolescents are in great
risk for substance use disorders. After educating on
substance use disorders, adolescents gained adequate
knowledge regarding the disorder. Study supports that
educational package was effective in improving the level
of knowledge regarding substance use disorders among
adolescents
Keywords :
prevalence, knowledge, educational package on substance use disorders, adolescents