ANALISIS TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN, PERILAKU, DAN PERSEPSI MENGENAI PENYALAHGUNAAN OBAT KERAS UNTUK MENINGKATKAN FUNGSI KOGNITIF (NEUROENHANCEMENT) DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA AKTIF TAHAP SARJANA INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG

• Main Author: Anas Tasha Br Manurung, Trinita
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/69263
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Neuroenhancement refers to the use of prescription drugs without indications, alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, or substances to improve cognitive function, mood, pro-social behavior, or academic performance. Neuroenhancement is prevalent among university students. This study aims to determine the level of knowledge, behavior, and perceptions of undergraduates students at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) about the use of prescribed drugs as neuroenhancement. This research was a crosssectional study with purposive sampling technique. The research was conducted in January-June 2022 by distributing questionnaires to 468 respondents. Data obtained from questionnaires were demographic characteristics (age, faculty, batch year, place of residence, source of funds, amount of money to spend each month, smoking habits, habit of consuming alcoholic beverages, diagnosis of mental health problems, treatment phase of mental health problems), knowledge about neuroenhancement, behavior on the use of neuroenhancement, and perception about the use of prescribed drugs as neuroenhancement. The results showed that 81% of respondents had sufficient knowledge and 19% had good knowledge. Statistical analysis on the knowledge dimension showed that the respondent's level of knowledge differs for each faculty (P<0.05). The analysis also showed that the majority of consumers of prescribed drug for neuroenhancement used stimulant. Most users found information about prescribed drugs as neuroenhancement from books/academic articles/lecture materials. The majority of respondents who consumed prescribed drugs as neuroenhancements obtained the drugs using personal prescriptions; while the biggest motivation for using neuroenhancement is to improve focus and concentration (P<0,05). On the perception dimension, 20% of respondents were for and 80% of respondents were against the use of prescribed drugs as neuroenhancement. Statistical analysis showed that characteristics such as gender and faculty influenced perceptions (P<0.05).