SCREENING OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS USE BY TRANSVESTITES AND FEMALE TRANSSEXUALS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS

• Grant number: 11/13326-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Psychiatry
• Principal Investigator: Maria Lucia Oliveira de Souza Formigoni
• Grantee: Marcia Yoko Miyamoto
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study is to compare the prevalence of alcohol and other drugs in a sample of transvestites (TR) with a sample of female transsexuals (TSF) and analyze the risk and protective factors associated with this use. Methods: The participants will be 100 TR and 100 TSF will be invited to participate through approach in public places or in waiting rooms of medical clinics specialized in this segment of the population. During the interview will be applied as a screening tool the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and questionnaires to obtain socio-demographic data and assessment of risk situations for alcohol use (ISB) and other drugs (ISUD). There will be a clinical interview to collect qualitative data, with emphasis on reasons for use and non-use of psychoactive substances. For users considered as Risky Users of alcohol or other drugs, according to the score of ASSIST, will be offered a Brief Intervention and for those who scores suggest dependence it will be referred for specialized treatment. It will be held qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data, comparing the data obtained with samples of the transvestites and the transsexuals, in order to assess whether there are differences in the prevalence of substance use and in risk situations associated with alcohol and other drugs use.