Status and influencing factors of non-medical use of drugs for vocational school students in Guizhou province

Objective To understand the status of non-medical use of drugs in vocational school students in Guizhou province,and to explore its influencing factors.Methods A total 3 073 students were recruited with multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling,while surveyed by self rating.Results The rate of non-medical use of drugs in vocational school students was 11.88%.For the constituent ratio of non-medical use of drugs in vocational school students,there were statistically significant difference in different characteristics (boarding student,smoking,family economic difficulties or moderate,etc) (P<0.05).Binary logistic regression analysis found that boarding student(OR=1.768,95%CI=1.214-2.576),month pocket money ≥ 500 yuan(OR =2.407,95%CI=1.520-3.813),smoking(OR=1.676,95%CI=1.252-2.243),suicidal thoughts(OR=1.709,95%CI=1.257-2.324) and family economic difficulties or moderate(OR=4.119,95%CI=1.150-14.750 or OR=4.149,95%CI=1.238-13.907) were determined as the risk factors,and the grade two(OR=0.448,95%CI=0.334-0.602)was identified as the protective factors for non-medical use of drugs in vocational school students.Conclusion Health education on safe medication for vocational school students should be strengthened.Intervention of high-risk students should be taken to reduce the occurrence of hazards.