Patrones de consumo de alcohol, tabaco y drogas ilegales en personas transexuales

  1. Esther Gómez-Gil 1
  2. Egle Simulionyte 1
  3. Mercè Balcells-Oliveró 1
  4. Manuel Valdés 1
  5. Manel Salamero 1
  6. Antonio Guillamón 2
  7. Isabel Esteva 3
  1. 1 Hospital Clinic Barcelona
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    Barcelona, España

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  2. 2 U.N.E.D. Madrid
  3. 3 Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga
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Adicciones: Revista de socidrogalcohol

ISSN: 0214-4840

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 31

Issue: 3

Pages: 189-195

Type: Article

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Abstract

This study evaluated the patterns of substance use in a large sample of male-to-female (MtoF) and female-to-male (FtoM) transsexuals. A total of 251 transsexual subjects (163 MtoF and 88 FtoM), attended in the Catalonia Gender Unit, completed self-administrated questionnaires on consumption of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, opioids, and designer drugs. Results were compared with the general population in Catalonia using data from the National Health Service (EDADES 2013 study). Current consumption of alcohol (70.1%), tobacco (46.2%), and cannabis (16.3%) among transsexuals was similar when compared with men (72.1%, 42.1%, 12.8%) and increased when compared with women (57.6%, 35.2%, 5%); the consumption between MtoF and FtoM subgroups was similar. The use of cocaine was almost ten times more prevalent in the MtoF subgroup than in the FtoM subgroup (1.1%), and in general population (less than 1%). Only a few reported uses of opioids and designer drugs. In conclusion, the substance use among transsexuals, except for the use of cocaine, was similar between MtoF and FtoM subgroups, and resembled the consumption prevalence among men in the general population. The proportion of cocaine consumers in the MtoF subgroup was up to ten times higher than in other subgroups.

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This study was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Igualdad (MI), Instituto de la Mujer, grant IMG2009-PI040964 (EGG, IE, MS), and Ministerio de Economía e Innovación, grant PSI2014-58004-P (AG and EG-G).

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