Prevalence of Cannabis Use Among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cannabis is reported to be the most common illicit substance used among medical students; however, the number of related studies is limited and their results are not systematically reviewed. The aim of our study was to analyze the prevalence of lifetime and current use of cannabis among medical students worldwide.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed with adherence to the PRISMA guidelines. The electronic databases PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane library were searched for studies on the prevalence of cannabis use among medical students. Prevalence of lifetime, past-year, and past-month cannabis use was extracted. Pooled prevalence and relative risk for sex were calculated using the random effects model and subgroup analyses were conducted.

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SUBMITTER: Papazisis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194916 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature