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Prevalence and correlates of substance use among undergraduates in a developing country

BACKGROUND: Psychoactive substance use is a major global public health issue. Use of psychoactive substances has been associated with negative consequences among students. OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substance use among undergraduate...

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Autores principales: Aguocha, Chinyere Mirian, Nwefoh, Emeka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34795747
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i2.49
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description BACKGROUND: Psychoactive substance use is a major global public health issue. Use of psychoactive substances has been associated with negative consequences among students. OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substance use among undergraduate students in a Nigerian university. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 763 undergraduate students of Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, recruited using multi-stage sampling technique. Data on the socio-demographic characteristics and pattern of psychoactive substance use were collected using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: The lifetime rate of psychoactive substance use was 84.5%. Alcohol had the highest rate of lifetime (82.5%) and 12-month (61.1%) use. There was a similar rate of lifetime use of psychoactive substances among males (86.1%) and females (83.4%). Age (p<0.05) and place of residence (p<0.05) were significantly associated with lifetime psychoactive substance use. Catholics (OR:1.43; 1.03 – 1.99), whose friend (OR:1.94; 1.39 – 2.71), roommate (OR:3.06; (1.62 – 5.78) or brother (OR:1.22; 0.77 – 1.93) uses psychoactive substances were significantly more likely to have used substances in the past 12-months. CONCLUSION: There is a high rate of psychoactive substance use among the students. Age, religion, place of residence, family and peer use of substances are important determinants of psychoactive substance use.
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spelling pubmed-85682442021-11-17 Prevalence and correlates of substance use among undergraduates in a developing country Aguocha, Chinyere Mirian Nwefoh, Emeka Afr Health Sci Articles BACKGROUND: Psychoactive substance use is a major global public health issue. Use of psychoactive substances has been associated with negative consequences among students. OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substance use among undergraduate students in a Nigerian university. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 763 undergraduate students of Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, recruited using multi-stage sampling technique. Data on the socio-demographic characteristics and pattern of psychoactive substance use were collected using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: The lifetime rate of psychoactive substance use was 84.5%. Alcohol had the highest rate of lifetime (82.5%) and 12-month (61.1%) use. There was a similar rate of lifetime use of psychoactive substances among males (86.1%) and females (83.4%). Age (p<0.05) and place of residence (p<0.05) were significantly associated with lifetime psychoactive substance use. Catholics (OR:1.43; 1.03 – 1.99), whose friend (OR:1.94; 1.39 – 2.71), roommate (OR:3.06; (1.62 – 5.78) or brother (OR:1.22; 0.77 – 1.93) uses psychoactive substances were significantly more likely to have used substances in the past 12-months. CONCLUSION: There is a high rate of psychoactive substance use among the students. Age, religion, place of residence, family and peer use of substances are important determinants of psychoactive substance use. Makerere Medical School 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8568244/ /pubmed/34795747 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i2.49 Text en © 2021 Aguocha CM et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee African Health Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and correlates of substance use among undergraduates in a developing country
title_short Prevalence and correlates of substance use among undergraduates in a developing country
title_sort prevalence and correlates of substance use among undergraduates in a developing country
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34795747
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i2.49
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