Annuario Registro Dati 2004

In italianL\u27Annuario dati del Registro, nata nel 2004, supplemento della testata registrata Focus. it, raccoglie dati statistici e commenti relativi ad un intero anno di registrazioni e a tutte le attivit? correlate, integrata con le stime sul fenomeno della contestazione dei nomi a dominio. L\u27Annuario ? pubblicato in italiano e in inglese

The association between overweight and illegal drug consumption in adolescents is there an underlying influence of the sociocultural environment?

Background: The aims of the study were to: a) Examine the distribution of gender-stratified body mass index (BMI), eating attitudes and use of addictive substances, under the hypothesis of a confluent prevalence of weight abnormalities, eating disorders and substance abuse. b) Demonstrate the extent to which family, peer-related and psychosocial factors are common elements in categories of compulsive behaviour. Methodology/Principal Findings: In the present cross-sectional study, data were collected through self reported questionnaires administered to a large sample of 33,185 15-19 years old adolescents (ESPADHItalia), divided into weight categories based on the BMI percentile distribution. Multinomial analyses were adopted to address the influence of social, family, leisure time factors, Eating Attitude Test (EAT26) on the association between weight categories and drug use. Recent drugs use was more frequent in overweight and underweight adolescents (p,0.05), especially in females. An EAT26 score $20 was more common in overweight adolescents. Multinomial analysis abolished the relationship between overweight and the use of most drugs, implicating self-esteem, parents\u27 educational level, and friendships as mediators of the association. Within the overweight category, adolescents reporting recent drug use, showed greater frequency of having drug-abusing friends (,80%), and severe problems with parents and school (,30%) compared to overweight adolescents without recent drug use. Conclusion: The frequent association of overweight and substance use and the presence of common underlying social factors, highlights the need for an interdisciplinary approach involving individual-focused treatment models as well as public health, social and environmental changes to reduce food- and substances-related problems.

Italian Report: EMCDDA Project (CC.09.EPI.002)

Although there are definitions and diagnostic criteria to identify cannabis abuse and dependence, there is no a shared concept of cannabis use related problems. In recent times a number of indicators have been discussed and implemented (use severity and consumption patterns, treatment demands etc) and there are different screening instruments used to measure negative consequences of cannabis use. Short screening scales to assess dependence and other problems related to the use of cannabis seem to be usefull instruments, easy to be administered, to estimate prevalence of cannabis related negative consequences and to identify at risk-persons. The need to standardize also in Italy a set of instruments which allow to monitor problematic cannabis use patterns or addiction development, has been highlighted. The three scales Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST), Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) and Munich Composite International Diagnostic Interview (M-CIDI) are included in the questionnaire used in ESPAD-Italia? 2009 survey. The present work considers the validation process of these instruments in high school population.not availabl

"Secondo Rapporto quinquennale sulle dipendenze patologiche in provincia di Bergamo"

Report on the state of legal and illegal substances use in the territory of Bergamo Province.Il Report analizza il fenomeno delle dipendenze nella provincia di Bergamo. La descrizione del fenomeno si sviluppa intorno all\u27analisi degli indicatori individuati dall\u27Osservatorio Europeo delle Dipendenze di Lisbona (OEDT): 1-uso di sostanze nella popolazione generale (questo indicatore va a rilevare i comportamenti nei confronti di alcol e sostanze psicoattive da parte della popolazione generale); 2-prevalenza d\u27uso problematico delle sostanze psicoattive; 3-domanda di trattamento degli utilizzatori di sostanze; 4-mortalit? degli utilizzatori di sostanze; 5-malattie infettive. Altri due importanti indicatori che si stanno sviluppando, e che vengono qui illustrati, sono l\u27analisi delle Schede di Dimissione Ospedaliera (SDO) e gli indicatori relativi alle conseguenza sociali dell\u27uso di droghe (criminalit? droga correlata). Inoltre sono state applicate diverse metodologie standard di stima sia per quantificare la quota parte sconosciuta di utilizzatori di sostanze che non afferiscono ai servizi, sia per identificarne alcune caratteristiche

Il Fenomeno delle Dipendenze nel territorio della ASL MI 1. Dati anno 2009

Report on the state of legal and illegal substances use in the territory of the Local Healthcare Service-MI 1, Province of Milan.Il Report analizza il fenomeno delle dipendenze nella ASL Milano 1. La descrizione del fenomeno si sviluppa intorno all\u27analisi degli indicatori individuati dall\u27Osservatorio Europeo delle Dipendenze di Lisbona (OEDT): 1-uso di sostanze nella popolazione generale (questo indicatore va a rilevare i comportamenti nei confronti di alcol e sostanze psicoattive da parte della popolazione generale); 2-prevalenza d\u27uso problematico delle sostanze psicoattive; 3-domanda di trattamento degli utilizzatori di sostanze; 4-mortalit? degli utilizzatori di sostanze; 5-malattie infettive. Altri due importanti indicatori che si stanno sviluppando, e che vengono qui illustrati, sono l\u27analisi delle Schede di Dimissione Ospedaliera (SDO) e gli indicatori relativi alle conseguenza sociali dell\u27uso di droghe (criminalit? droga correlata). Inoltre sono state applicate diverse metodologie standard di stima sia per quantificare la quota parte sconosciuta di utilizzatori di sostanze che non afferiscono ai servizi, sia per identificarne alcune caratteristiche

Illegal Substance Use among Italian High School Students: Trends over 11 Years (1999–2009)

Purpose: To monitor changes in habits in drug use among Italian high school students. Methods: Cross-sectional European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) carried out in Italy annually for 11 years (1999-2009) with representative samples of youth attending high school. The sample size considered ranges from 15,752 to 41,365 students and response rate ranged from 85.5% to 98.6%. Data were analyzed to obtain measures of life-time prevalence (LT), use in the last year (LY), use in the last 30 days (LM), frequent use. Comparisons utilized difference in proportion tests. Tests for linear trends in proportion were performed using the Royston p trend test. Results: When the time-averaged value was considered, cannabis (30% LT) was the most, and heroin the least (2%) frequently used, with cocaine (5%), hallucinogens (2%) and stimulants (2%) in between. A clear gender gap is evident for all drugs, more obvious for hallucinogens (average M/F LY prevalence ratio 2, range 1.7-2.4, p,0.05), less for cannabis (average M/F LY prevalence ratio 1.3, range 1.2-1.5, p,0.05). Data shows a change in trend between 2005 and 2008; in 2006 the trend for cannabis use and availability dropped and the price rose, while from 2005 cocaine and stimulant use prevalence showed a substantial increase and the price went down. After 2008 use of all substances seems to have decreased. Conclusions: Drug use is widespread among students in Italy, with cannabis being the most and heroin the least prevalent. Girls are less vulnerable than boys to illegal drug use. In recent years, a decrease in heroin use is overbalanced by a marked rise in hallucinogen and stimulant use.-

Progetto Prototipale per la realizzazione di programmi educativi multimediali per la prevenzione dell\u27abuso di droga e delle devianze giovanili

-E\u27 uno strumento didattico multimediale di supporto all\u27apprendimento collaborativo nell\u27ambito delle attivit? scolastiche. Il progetto dal punto di vista pedagogico pone il bambino di fronte a situazioni che favoriscono l\u27apprendimento collaborativo attraverso la sperimentazione di nuove sperienze e l\u27elaborazione delle proprie conoscenze. Dal punto di vista psicologico si vuole stimolare il bambino a diventare sempre pi? padrone delle informazioni, dei concetti e degli schemi di sapere, in un contesto di gioco in cui, divertendosi, apprenda a cercare e a trovare soluzioni per affrontare storie che coinvolgono personaggi, animali, piante, oggetti, ambienti etc

Eating attitudes and related factors: a survey carried out on 45000 italian students

Eating attitudes and related factors: a survey carried out on 45000 italian studentsAbitudini alimentari e fattori correlati: un\u27indagine effettuata su 45.000 studenti italian

ESPAD 2000

Espad 2000 The ESPAD project (The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) has been promoted and coordinated by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and other Drugs (CAN) in collaboration with the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe. The purpose of the present project is to produce a standard survey instrument, which allows to compare the alcohol and drug use in student populations in terms of standardised definitions and prevalence intervals. This study has been simultaneously performed in 30 European countries since 1995. Italy participated in the 1995 and 1999 surveys both funded and coordinated by the Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC)-National Research Council (CNR). The ESPAD 2000 survey was carried out thanks to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers -Department of Social Affairs - and the Ministry of Education as well as the technical support of the IFC-CNR. But also the Department of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, numerous regions, public therapeutic services, headmasters and schoolteachers have been involved in this project. Differently from the European survey that concerns only 16-year-old young people, the target population of the Italian survey is students between 15-19 years. The 2000 Italian study was conducted according to the same modalities used in the earlier studies involving a sample of approximately 250 schools that included scien-tific and classic lyceums, artistic institutes and all types of vocational institutes. Regional data collection and estimation will be the next goal. Results of the survey and comments on current tendencies will be presentedIl progetto ESPAD (The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) ? stato promosso e coordinato dal Consiglio Svedese per l\u27informazione sull\u27Alcool e altre Droghe (CAN) in collaborazione con il "Gruppo Pompidou" del Consiglio d\u27Europa. L\u27obiettivo di questo lavoro ? stato quello di ricavare uno strumento di indagine standardizzato, che metta a confronto l\u27uso di droga e di alcool nella popolazione studentesca, in termini di definizioni uniformi e di intervalli di prevalenza. Dal 1995 lo studio viene contemporaneamente condotto in circa 30 Paesi europei. L\u27Italia ha partecipato sia nel 1995 sia nel 1999 con finanziamento e coordinamento del CNR (Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica). La Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri-Dipartimento degli Affari Sociali, in accordo col Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione e con il supporto tecnico operativo del CREAS-IFC del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ha permesso la realizzazione dello studio ESPAD per l\u27anno 2000. Ci? ? stato possibile, anche grazie al Dipartimento di Prevenzione del Ministero della Sanit?, di molte Regioni, dei SerT e dei Presidi e Professori delle scuole campionate. La rilevazione italiana, diversamente da quella europea che riguarda solo i sedicenni, comprende la popolazione scolastica tra 15-19 anni. Per il 2000 lo studio italiano, ? stato condotto con le stesse modalit? degli anni precedenti e ha coinvolto un campione di circa 250 Scuole tra Licei Classici, Scientifici, Magistrali, Istituti Tecnici, Istituti Professionali ed Artistici. Nei prossimi anni si auspica nel nostro paese una rilevazione ed una stima a carattere regionale. Nell\u27ambito della presentazione verranno esposti i risultati dell\u27indagine e i commenti sulle tendenze in atto

Obesity as a part of general addiction syndrome in Italian adolescents

The mounting prevalence of obesity and of drug abuse in the youth preludes an epidemics in the related cardiovascular complications. Overeating in obese individuals shares similarities with the loss of control and compulsive behaviour observed in drug-addicted subjects. The aim of this Nationwide survey was to investigate the clustering of obesity and addictive attitudes concerning the abuse of substances with proven cardiovascular side effects, and its relationship with social interaction