@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence and factors associated with non-medical prescription stimulant use to promote wakefulness in young adults",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2020",
author="King, Eleanor R. and Willcott Benoit, Whitney and Repa, Lily M. and Garland, Sheila N.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Objective:</b> This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with non-medical use of prescription stimulants to promote wakefulness. <b>Participants:</b> We surveyed 3,160 university students aged 18-35 between June 2016 and May 2017. <b>Method:</b> Participants reported whether they used prescription stimulants non-medically to stay awake and completed measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms, sleep quality, insomnia, daytime sleepiness, and attitudes toward non-medical prescription drug use. Univariate and multivariate regression models were used. <b>Results:</b> Prevalence of non-medical prescription stimulant use to promote wakefulness was 3.1%. The following factors remained significant in the multivariate model: alcohol, tobacco, and nicotine vapor use, attitude toward non-medical use of prescription medication, poor sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness. <b>Conclusion:</b> Poor sleep, substance use and more liberal attitudes to non-medical prescription drug use were associated with the misuse of stimulants to promote wakefulness. Prevention/intervention programs should promote sleep hygiene and highlight the risks of using prescription drugs non-medically.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2020.1730851",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1730851"
}