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Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students
BACKGROUND: Substance use is a growing concern globally and its association with students' academic performance is not well studied. OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and khat) and its association with academic performance among univers...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7517450 |
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author | Mekonen, Tesfa Fekadu, Wubalem Mekonnen, Tefera Chane Workie, Shimelash Bitew |
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description | BACKGROUND: Substance use is a growing concern globally and its association with students' academic performance is not well studied. OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and khat) and its association with academic performance among university students. METHODS: Cross-sectional study was conducted among Wolaita Sodo University students. A total of 747 students were selected by using cluster sampling technique. Data were collected by pretested self-administered questionnaire and examined using descriptive statistics and linear regression with 95% confidence intervals. Variables with p value of less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. RESULT: Prevalence of substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and khat) was 28.6%. Substance use (current smoking, chewing khat at least weekly, drinking alcohol on a daily basis, and having intimate friend who uses substance) was significantly and negatively associated with students' academic performance. CONCLUSION: Substance use among Wolaita Sodo University students was as common as other studies in Sub-Saharan countries and negatively associated with students' academic achievement. The common practice of substance use and its association with poor academic performance demand the universities to have a good control of substance and to implement youth friendly activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-54788662017-07-05 Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students Mekonen, Tesfa Fekadu, Wubalem Mekonnen, Tefera Chane Workie, Shimelash Bitew Psychiatry J Research Article BACKGROUND: Substance use is a growing concern globally and its association with students' academic performance is not well studied. OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and khat) and its association with academic performance among university students. METHODS: Cross-sectional study was conducted among Wolaita Sodo University students. A total of 747 students were selected by using cluster sampling technique. Data were collected by pretested self-administered questionnaire and examined using descriptive statistics and linear regression with 95% confidence intervals. Variables with p value of less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. RESULT: Prevalence of substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and khat) was 28.6%. Substance use (current smoking, chewing khat at least weekly, drinking alcohol on a daily basis, and having intimate friend who uses substance) was significantly and negatively associated with students' academic performance. CONCLUSION: Substance use among Wolaita Sodo University students was as common as other studies in Sub-Saharan countries and negatively associated with students' academic achievement. The common practice of substance use and its association with poor academic performance demand the universities to have a good control of substance and to implement youth friendly activities. Hindawi 2017 2017-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5478866/ /pubmed/28680879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7517450 Text en Copyright © 2017 Tesfa Mekonen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mekonen, Tesfa Fekadu, Wubalem Mekonnen, Tefera Chane Workie, Shimelash Bitew Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students |
title | Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students |
title_full | Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students |
title_fullStr | Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students |
title_short | Substance Use as a Strong Predictor of Poor Academic Achievement among University Students |
title_sort | substance use as a strong predictor of poor academic achievement among university students |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7517450 |
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