11 / 12
Page 67
Notes:
conferenceseries
.com
Volume 8, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Addict Res Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2155-6105
6
th
World Congress on
August 29-31, 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic
Addiction Disorder & Addiction Therapy
Addiction Congress 2017
August 29-31, 2017
Relaxation and reducing stress by cannabinoids use among medical students in Bulgaria
Valentin I Valtchev
1
, Petranka G Chumpalova
2
, Ludmil Z Tumbev
2
and
Maya J Stoimenova–Popova
2
1
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry National Sports Academy, Bulgaria
2
Department of Psychiatry and Medical psychology, Medical University, Bulgaria
I
n our study included 300 randomly selected students at the Medical University in age between 18 – 20 years. Circulated
Drug Use Disorders Identification Test – DUDIT during the lecture and asked students if desired to participate in the study
to record their telephone numbers. All 300 students were screened with– DUDIT. The study included men with ≥ 6 points
DUIT and women ≥ 2 points DUDIT. These limits on both scales are methodologically consistent with our designs and other
similar studies. Then included students were asked to provide urine test for use of cannabinoids. In the group of students 83
(27,7%) have used cannabis – 26 (31,3%) women and 57 (68,7%) men. We have designed a questionnaire containing six closed
questions. All 83 participants completed self-administered questionnaire. Among the group of medical students 67 (80,7%)
use cannabis for relax, to forget problems or to alleviate stress, gender distribution was as follows 14 (53,8%) of women and
53 (93%) of men. Our research finds that the first years of medical education are related to a lot of new knowledge. Medical
students looking for cannabinoids effect of relaxation and reducing stress.
Biography
Valentin I Valtchev was born in 1981 in Bulgaria. He studied Medicine at Medical University, Sofia. Become a specialist in Dermatology and Venereology in
2012. From 2016 he had PhD degree “Assessment of risk factors and etiologic agents for onychomycosis”. From 2013 to present he is an Assistant professor of
Department Physiology at The National Sports Academy. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals.
drviv1@abv.bgValentin I Valtchev et al., J Addict Res Ther 2017, 8:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105-C1-034