Services on Demand
Journal
Article
Indicators
- Cited by SciELO
Related links
- Similars in SciELO
Share
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
SILVEIRA, Karine Langmantel et al. Craving in crack cocaine users according to individual and behavioral characteristics. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.1, e2018304. Epub Apr 08, 2019. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742019000100022.
Objective:
to analyze variation in craving levels according to individual and behavioral characteristics of crack cocaine users at two public treatment services in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Methods:
this was a cross sectional study with a sample of 133 participants; the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire scale was used to verify craving levels.
Results:
86% of interviewees had moderate and severe craving levels; regarding individual factors, a higher level of severe craving was found in women (45%), those with brown skin color/“mestizos” (60%), low schooling (46%) and minor psychiatric disorders (59%); regarding behavioral factors, the level of severe craving was higher in users who divorced the last year (44%), those who had problems with the Law (61%), those who practiced violence acts (57%), those using more than four psychoactive substances (67%), and those with heavy crack consumption (57%).
Conclusion:
almost all crack users were found to have high craving levels; these were proportionally higher in some individual and behavioral variables.
Keywords : Crack Cocaine; Craving; Health Vulnerability; Drug Users; Social Determinants of Health; Cross-Sectional Studies.