Factors influencing medical students' attitudes towards substance use during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with substance use disorder, and pregnant women especially, are subject to a lot of stigmas, which can prevent optimal accessibility and quality of care. In this survey, we investigated attitudes of final year medical students regarding substance use during pregnancy and identified the factors that influence these attitudes.

Method

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 and 2020 in Belgium using the short version of the "Substance Abuse Attitude Survey" questionnaire. We focused on two items regarding punishment of substance use during pregnancy. We analysed the concordance between these two, their correlation with other items (e.g. stereotyping, morality, forced withdrawal, low treatment optimism) and the association between respondents' opinion

SUBMITTER: Richelle L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060417 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature