FACTORS RELATED TO THE USE OF KRATOM FOR ENTERTAINMENT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN UBON RATCHATHANI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Kratom, recreational use, predisposing factor, reinforcing factor, secondary school studentAbstract
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of recreational use of Kratom among secondary school students and identify factors related to the use of Kratom. This a cross-sectional survey. A stratified random sampling was performed to obtain 6 representative schools. obtaining a total of 720 samples. Data was collected by online questionnaire between December 2022 and January 2023. Descriptive and inferential statistics as the chi-square test, independent sample T-test, and multiple logistic regression analysis, were used for data analysis.
The result showed that there were 117 respondents (16.3%) who used Kratom but no longer used it and 51 respondents (7.0%) who currently used Kratom. The popular use patterns of Kratom among the respondents were Kratom boiled water (77.9%), and mixing Kratom boiled water with other substances (29.2%). Factors contributing to using Kratom for recreation consisted of the predisposing factors, which were inappropriate attitude towards Kratom (ORadj=15.38, 95%CI=3.36-70.36, p-value<0.001), the use of cough syrup for addiction. (ORadj=14.51, 95%CI=2.94-71.58, p-value=0.001) and regular smoking and electronic cigarettes (ORadj=6.42, 95%CI=2.89-14.23, p-value<0.001). Reinforcing factors affecting Kratom usage were: seeing siblings use Kratom (ORadj=2.92, 95%CI=1.38-6.19, p-value=0.005) and seeing seniors outside school use Kratom (ORadj=5.82, 95%CI=2.04- 16.62, p-value=0.001).
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