Perfil sociodemográfico dos pacientes usuários de substâncias psicoativas frequentadores de um Caps Ad III

Abstract

This study characterized the sociodemographic and clinical profile of individuals who use psychoactive substances (PS) treated at the Psychosocial Care Center for alcohol and other drugs in Chapecó-SC. A retrospective cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted with data from the medical records of patients attended since 2018. Descriptive analyses were reported as central tendency measures. Subjects were divided into two groups: using a single PS and using more than one type of substance. Chi-squared or Student’s t-tests were used to analyze demographic and clinical variables between these two groups, with a p value < 0,05 considered significant. The analyzes were performed in SPSS v21.0. A total of 282 (n) medical records were included. The main profile of our sample were of male subjects, mean age of 40 ± 12 years, low education level, employee, single and with children. Most had a positive family history for the use of PS, absence of other mental disorders and non-psychiatric comorbidities, and multiple PS use. The most used substances were alcohol, cocaine and marijuana. Among the variables that demonstrated a statistically relevant association for use of multiple PS are low education level (p=0,015), being single (p=0,001), use of marijuana (p <0,001) and others. As with any survey based on medical records information, there are limitations to this study, but also has important data that will help to guide interventions aimed at service users.