FEDERAL INNOVATION PLATFORM: EXAMINATION OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TENDENCY TO ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR
Objective. To carry out express diagnostics of the alcohol, psychotropic and narcotic substances consumption risks during the implementation of the innovative project "HEALTH of the first year student - HEALTH of the physician - HEALTH of the nation!" and to develop programs to prevent harmful habits for the students of the Smolensk State Medical University (SSMU). Methods. Test-questionnaire "Addictive tendency" was developed by V.V. Yusupov, V.A. Korzunin. The survey was performed in November 2020 using https://docs.google.com/forms/. 381 students participated as volunteers in the survey. Statistical data analysis included the methods of descriptive statistics. Statistical significance was recognized with a probability of >95% (p<0.05) and 99% (p<0.01). Results. It was found that out of 381 students, 327 belong to the low risk group of addictive behavior; 31 - to moderate risk of addictive behavior; 23 - to high risk of addictive behavior (pronounced features of a tendency to addictive behavior). When the data was coped, it was found that there were no such persons among the students of the second and sixth years; but among the 5th year students 5 persons were revealed, among the 4th year - 7, among the 3rd year - 7, and among the 1st year - 4. Conclusions. The results of the medical university students’ survey will identify the problem of tendency to addictive behavior on the early stages with future training in the context of a healthy lifestyle in general. A complex of psychological and pedagogical support of the students to identify the cause-and-effect relationships of the disorders and their complications development (depression, epilepsy, cardiovascular diseases, etc.), training skills of early diagnosis of mental functioning violations and associated states of addiction are planned on the basis of a Federal innovative educational platform.