Abstract
Using a self-reported questionnaire, 130 Yazd Medical University
students were surveyed about their knowledge towards
ecstasy and their use of ecstasy based on Health Belief Model.
The age range was 18-31 years. Approximately, 23% of students
had seen an ecstasy tablet, 6 (4.6%) had used ecstasy
(2 female and 4 male), 4 of them lived in a dormitory and 2
were tenants. The levels of knowledge, perceived barrier and
perceived benefit of students who had used ecstasy were lower
than those who hadn?t used ecstasy. There was a significant
difference between the knowledge, perceived barrier and
perceived benefit of samples and use of ecstasy (p inf. 0.008,
p inf. 0.003 and p inf. 0.13, respectively). Approximately, 74%
of the students were eager to know more about ecstasy and
its effects. Finally, the students were asked to select one or
more item from a list of six which they considered the best
way for providing young people with accurate information,
and the responses (as percentages) for each source were as
follows: discussion with parents: 1.5%; television programs:
64.6%; radio programs: 1.5%; talk at university: 12.3%;
friends: 12.3%; newspapers/magazine articles: 7.7%. The data
revealed that the knowledge of participants about ecstasy was
low (mean = 27.69 ± 3.53 out of 48).The mean grade score of
knowledge of males was more than females. A survey in Kerman
(Iran) showed that the knowledge of general practitioners
about ecstasy was lower than 50% and the knowledge of males
was more than females.
