Claudia van der Heijde (Msc), Peter Vonk (MD) & Frans Meijman (MD, PhD)

Student Health Services, University of AmsterdamDepartment of Research, development and preventionUniversity of Amsterdam – the Netherlands

3rd European Symposium on Substance Use and Abuse

among University Students 7th - 8th June 2012, University of Bradford, UK

Disabilities and drug (ab)use:•overall the use is less•elevated risk•not many data on students•West & Graham (2005).

What is the frequency of use (smoking, alcohol and drugs) of students with/ without disabilities

Is there a difference in the chance at dependency for these groups?

Is there a relationship between the experienced hinder from the disabilities/complaints on the one hand and smoking, alcohol and drug dependency on the other?

Categorization disability and complaints Categorization into physical/mental (or both) Frequencies (non)users Measures CDS-5, AUDIT, DAST-10, hinder

ANOVA’s Hierarchical regressions

3982 respondents male –female proportion was 30%-70%average age 22.8 years (SD=4.28) study phase (32% Prop ; 58% Bach; 10% Mast)Living situation (46% parents or family; 22%

peers; 18% alone; 14% partner)17% reported disabilities (physical and/or

mental)28% reported a physical problem(s)13% reported a mental problem(s)

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Smoking F(8, 286)=2.52; p=,012

Drugs F(8, 190)=1.95; p=,054

Alcohol F(8, 893)=6.53; p=,000

More students with disabilities that stay abstinent from cigarettes alcohol or drugs

More students with physical disabilities or complaints that stay abstinent from cigarettes and drugs (not the case for alcohol)

Significant difference in smoking and drug dependence between students that report a disability and students without disability and complaints (not the case for alcohol)

Significant difference in smoking and drug dependence between students that report a physical or mental problem (not the case for alcohol)

Significant relationship between experienced hinder from disabilities or physical or mental complaints, and smoking dependence (pus a trend for drugs dependence)

c.m.vanderheijde@uva.nl