Browsing by Author "Ogel, Kultegin"

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Prevalence of Lifetime Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use Among 10th Grade Students in Istanbul
(KURE ILETISIM GRUBU A S, 2014-01-01) Evren, Cuneyt; Ogel, Kultegin; Demirci, Arzu Ciftci; Evren, Bilge; Yavuz, Burcu Goksan; Bozkurt, Muge
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of lifetime tobacco, alcohol and drug use among 10th grade students in Istanbul, Turkey. Method: A cross-sectional online self-report survey was conducted in 45 schools from 15 districts in Istanbul. The questionnaire included sections about demographic data, substance use in family or in environment, school life, social contacts and use of substances including tobacco, hookah, alcohol, marijuana, volatiles, heroin, cocaine, non-prescribed legal tranquillizers (benzodiazepines, alprazolam etc.) and illegal tranquillizers (flunitrazepam). The analyses were conducted based on 4957 subjects. Results: A trial at least once in life is observed mostly in hookah use (45.4\%), followed by alcohol (34.2\%), cigarettes (24.4\%), volatile substances (4.9\%), benzodiazepines (3.8\%), marijuana (2.9\%), cocaine (0.6\%) and heroin (0.4\%), respectively. The risk of heroin, ecstasy or marijuana use was significantly higher among male students. Our data also show that using tobacco or alcohol increases the risk of use of all other substances. Conclusion: We believe that determining current substance use data in Istanbul, which has a heterogeneous structure and a population of 15 million, is very important. Nevertheless, it is obvious that a study covering different geographical regions of Turkey is also necessary.
Study on development, validity and reliability of a risk-screening questionnaire for alcohol and drug use
(TAYLOR \& FRANCIS LTD, 2017-01-01) Ogel, Kultegin; Koc, Ceren; Gorucu, Serap
Objective: The objective of this study is to develop a risk-screening questionnaire appropriate for cultural characteristics in detection of alcohol-and drug-use level through utilization of Addiction Profile Index (API) and perform the reliability and validity work thereof. Methods: The study was carried out on the sample of two previously made separate studies. Both samples were selected from inmates in prisons. API, CAGE Scale, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10), Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) and clinical interview form structured for DSM-IV-TR (SCID-I) were employed in the study. Results: BAPIRT-alcohol and BAPIRT-drug questionnaires evaluating alcohol and drug abuse separately and each of which consisting of six questions were developed. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were found as 0.70 and 0.88 in the internal consistency analysis made with sample 1 data of BAPIRT alcohol and drug scale respectively. BAPIRT alcohol scale consists of two components while BAPIRT drug questionnaire comprises a single component. BAPIRT-alcohol questionnaire was found to correlate with BAPI (Bagimlilik Profil Indeksi, Addiction Profile Index), AUDIT and CAGE by 0.94, 0.92 and 0.78 respectively. BAPIRT-drug questionnaire was found to correlate with BAPI, DUDIT and DAST by 0.96, 0.89 and 0.81 respectively. BAPIRT for alcohol had sensitivity and specificity scores of 93.8\%, and 72.5\%, respectively, when using the cut-off score of 3 while BAPIRT for alcohol had sensitivity and specificity scores of 91.7\% and 92.3\%, respectively, when using the cut-off score of 4. Conclusions: These findings support that APIRS questionnaires are reliable and valid drug abuse screening instruments in Turkish patients with alcohol and drug use. Further studies need to be done in different clinical populations.