Correlates for psycho-active substance use among boarding secondary school adolescents in Enugu, South East, Nigeria

Manyike, Pius C.; Chinawa, Josephat M; Chinawa, Awoere T; Obu, Herbert A; Nwokocha, Ada; Odetunde, Odutola Israel

doi:10.1186/s12887-016-0615-9

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“…This is in line with findings from other studies [21,22,23]. It is important to note that there is a pathway in the brain that is responsible for rewarding behaviour.…”

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Psychoactive Substance Use Among Nigerian Students; Patterns and Sociodemographic Correlates

Donald¹

2017

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Abstract:The increase in use and misuse of psychoactive substances is a global challenge of grave public health concern.This study aims to ascertain the patterns and socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substances among undergraduates in a Nigerian University. Two hundred and ninety three subjects participated in the study. Questionnaires on risk factors and variation of psychoactive substances abused as well as on socio-demographic variables were administered to each participant. The prevalence of psychoactive substance use was 65.5%. the odds for use of the drugs was highest with alcohol 178(60.8%) and least for inhalational solvents 75(25.6%).There was significant association between gender and the use of: Cannabis X 2 = 7.846, df=1, p<0.

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“…This is in line with findings from other studies [21,22,23]. It is important to note that there is a pathway in the brain that is responsible for rewarding behaviour.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…This is at variance with other studies which maintain that family history of substance abuse is also significantly associated with other substances apart from opioids [22,23].…”

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Psychoactive Substance Use Among Nigerian Students; Patterns and Sociodemographic Correlates

Donald¹

2017

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“…This could attest to why cannabis got to above 81 percent at first use. Manyike et al, (2016) in a study to determine correlates for psychoactive substance use among boarding secondary school adolescents in Enugu State found out that cannabis was least used, whereas kola nut was the most used. This contradicts the current finding.…”

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Drug Use and Abuse Prevention Concerns in Rural Communities in Enugu State Nigeria

Dibia¹,

Nwagu²,

Odo³

2020

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Drug abuse among any population is harmful and constitutes an issue of great concern for health professionals and the entire community. This study focuses on identification of level of drug use and community concerns for preventing drug abuse in two rural communities in Enugu north senatorial zone, Enugu State, Nigeria. We conducted a community-based cross sectional study in Enugu North senatorial zone of Enugu state Nigeria. All adults and youths 10 years and above who were residing in the communities for the past two years were the study population. Simple random sampling by balloting was used to select two communities. Proportionate random sampling was used to select 290 participants comprising 147 males and 133 females for the study. Questionnaire was used to collected data. The data were analyzed by using IBM Statistical Package for Social Science version 20. Descriptive statistics, chi square, Fisher's exact test and the Monte Carlo test were computed for the data. The most commonly used substances by community members were alcohol, cigarette and cannabis. Greater proportion of community members (57%) frown at abuse of substances. Majority of community members (87%) wished that drug abuse will stop in the community, 3.6% do not wish that it will stop and 9.4% do not care whether it stopped or not. The study has revealed areas of community concern and lack of concern for preventing drug abuse. These are hoped to guide drug abuse prevention intervention in the area of study.

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“…The study group was a non-homogenous group which included adolescents and young adults up to 25 years. Several sociodemographic factors such as gender, social class, class in school, religiosity, pressure by peers and relationship with family members have been associated with use of psychoactive substances [10,11,15,16]. Siblings and family use of substances, and favorable community norms have been associated with substance use among adolescents in Ethiopia [17].…”

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“…Anochie and Nkanginieme [10] reported infrequent Christian religious practice, gender and nonstandard families (single parenthood, separated homes and poor supervision) as correlates of illicit drug use. Age, social class and poor participation in religious activities have also been implicated as contributing to substance use among adolescents [16]. Many studies in Nigeria have focused mainly on senior secondary students in urban centers.…”

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Sociodemographic profile of psychoactive substance use among selected secondary school students in rural Nigeria

Mbachu

Ebenebe

Mbachu

et al. 2020

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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ObjectivesUse of Psychoactive substances by young people poses an important public health threat despite mass campaigns and education. There have been documentations of rise in prevalence and use of psychoactive substances by Nigerian adolescents in urban areas of Nigeria. Few reports exist on in-school adolescents in rural areas, and differences in their sociodemographic profile such as public/private school attendance, day/boarding status and socioeconomic status of students. The study determined the rate and sociodemographic profile of psychoactive substance use among secondary school students in selected rural communities in Anambra state, Nigeria.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study in which multistage sampling was used to select 494 students from selected secondary schools in Anambra state. Data on age, gender, socioeconomic status, student status, school category, alcohol, tobacco and intravenous drug use were obtained using pretested semi-structured questionnaires. Analysis of data was done using IBM SPSS statistics software version 20.0, frequency, percentages and means were calculated, with cross-tabulation done for variables (Chi-square and Fishers exact test where applicable). Level of significance for tests of association set at 5%.ResultsA total of 494 participants were studied of which 48.8% (n=241) were males. The mean age was 14.5 ± 1.8 years. The prevalence of lifetime use of psychoactive substance was 22.5%. Prevalence for individual substances were 21.9% (n=108), 1.8% (n=9) and 0.8% (n=4) respectively for alcohol, tobacco and illicit intravenous drugs. Neither gender {6 males (2.5%), 3 females (1.2%), p=0.890}, age {10–13 years (1.3%), 14–16 years (2.1%), >16 years (1.7%), p=0.329}, student status {day (2.6%), boarding (1.2%), p=0.320}, social class {upper (0.9%), middle (0.6%), lower (3.1%), p=0.208 } nor school category {private (1.5%), public (2.1%), p=0.742} of students was significantly associated with smoking and respectively. More males (73/241=30.3%, p<0.001) took alcohol than females (35/253 = 13.8%) and this was statistically significant. Participants from the lower socioeconomic class (30.3%, p<0.001) had a significantly higher rate of alcohol consumption than those from the upper (11.8%) and middle classes (16.7%) respectively. Higher rate was noted among those who attended public schools (30.8%, p<0.001) compared to those who attended private schools (13.8%). Day students (30.2%, p<0.001) indulged more in alcohol than boarding students (14.3%). There was no association between either the class (junior=22.5%, senior=21.3%, p=0.759) or age of participants (10–13 years=20.7%, 14–16 years=20.1%, >16 years=33.3%, p=0.071) and alcohol consumption. No association was found between age (0.7%, 1.1%, p=1.000), gender (male=1.2%, female=0.4%, p=0.362), social class (lower=1.3%, upper=0.9%, p=0.443), student status (day=0.9%, boarding=0.8%, p=1.000), school category (junior=0.8%, senior=0.8%, p=1.000) and intravenous drug use.ConclusionsThe rate of about 22% alcohol use by secondary school students in rural south eastern Nigeria, which is strongly associated with male gender, low socioeconomic status, day student status and public school attendance is high.

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Correlates for psycho-active substance use among boarding secondary school adolescents in Enugu, South East, Nigeria

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Psychoactive Substance Use Among Nigerian Students; Patterns and Sociodemographic Correlates

Psychoactive Substance Use Among Nigerian Students; Patterns and Sociodemographic Correlates

Drug Use and Abuse Prevention Concerns in Rural Communities in Enugu State Nigeria

Sociodemographic profile of psychoactive substance use among selected secondary school students in rural Nigeria

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