%0 Journal Article
%T [Drug using risks screening in primary care patients using the ASSIST test: Cross sectional study].
%A López-Rodríguez JA
%A Rigabert A
%A Gómez Llano MN
%A Rubio G
%A  
%J Aten Primaria
%V 51
%N 4
%D 04 2019
%M 29551260
%F 2.206
%R 10.1016/j.aprim.2017.03.021
%X The aim of this study is to estimate risky-drug use patterns of consumption of primary care patients.<BR>Multicentric descriptive cross-sectional study.<BR>five primary health care centers of the South of Madrid.<BR>all patients between 16-100 year-old consulting with their family physician.<BR>Spanish-validated World Health Organization ASSIST test was use to screen risky drug use in primary care. Total points scored at the test were obtained.<BR>A sum of 441 screening test were collected. Mean age was 51,3 years and 51.6% of patients presented a moderate-severe risky drug use out of the nine drugs tested. The more frequent drug use screened were tobacco (41.7%) followed by alcohol (15.4%), hypnotics (13.7%) and cannabis (5.7%). Differences were found between genders in the patterns: men had higher risky drug uses compared to women regarding alcohol and cannabis. Women had higher sedatives/hypnotics consumption prevalence. A 16% of patients presented with polyconsumption drug use patterns.<BR>There is risk derived from drug misuse in primary care for tobacco, alcohol, hypnotics and cannabis as detected by the ASSIST test. There is a higher rate of hypnotics than expected.