Open AccessUse of psychoactive substances among patients presenting at the emergency department of a tertiary hospital
Author(s) -
D D Dapap,
Christopher Izehinosen Okpataku,
Moses David Audu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_5_20
Subject(s) - psychoactive substance , medicine , psychoactive drug , substance abuse detection , emergency department , accident and emergency , psychiatry , drug , emergency medicine , medical emergency
Psychoactive substance use is frequently encountered in hospitals' emergency departments (EDs). It accounts for major health-care problems frequently leading to accident and ED admissions, yet it is frequently unidentified. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychoactive substance use among patients presenting in the Accident and EDs and to compare the case detection rate of psychoactive substance use between self-report questionnaire and biochemical markers (e.g., urine toxicology).