A influência dos determinantes sociais de saúde na variação do nível de fissura em usuários de crack

Abstract

The craving or craving for crack is characterized for a motivational state for substance consumption, that may be influenced by positive expectations of the consumption, the decrease of negative effects, as well as the symptoms related to abstinence. High levels of craving, caused by abusive crack consumption can put the crack user in situations of biopsychosocial risk. The reviewed literature indicates that the influence of crack craving in the organism could be related with humor changes, on behavior, and thinking. The aspects related with the social vulnerability can be associated with the beginning of crack consumption. This study aimed to analyze the influence of Social Determinants of Health in the variation of level of craving in crack users from two health services in Pelotas-RS. It is a cross sectional, exploratory and analytic study. It is a part of a bigger research titled “Profile of crack users and use patterns” with a sample of 133 participants. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee under the nº301/2011 and it was conducted from October 2011 to October 2012. The interviews were conducted by a structured questionnaire, and to achieve the study objective, were included issues related to the socioeconomic and demographic profile, family relationship, patterns of use of psychoactive substances, events in life, strategies of harm reduction, health conditions and the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire(CCQ–Brief) scale that measure the level of craving. The results evidenced that the majority of interviewers presented moderate and severe levels of craving. Among the individual factories, were noticed high levels of craving in women, young adults, brown skin color, low schooling and low income, unemployed, regular self-health evaluation and with presence of minor psychiatric disorders. Regarding of the behavioral factories, the level of craving was lower among in users that the past year divorced/separated, that had justice problems and that practiced action of violence. Still in relation to the behavioral factories, the level of craving was bigger among the users that reported using concomitantly with crack the tobacco and more than four substances. Therefore, with the development of this study we can identify that the majority of crack users presented social vulnerabilities issues and are necessary interventions from a joint planning of public policies supporting the user’s needs, searching for improving living conditions.