Prevalence, Trends, and Consequences of Substance Use Among University Students: Implication for Intervention

Ayalew, Meseret; Tafere, Mateb; Asmare, Yohannes

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“…Furthermore, our study revealed alcohol as the second most common drug used by students consistent with the result of a previous Nigerian study (10). In contrast, it ranked first in an Ethiopian study (19), and third in a Sudanese study (16). It is noteworthy that alcohol ranked second among the drugs assessed in our study despite alcohol being prohibited in the Muslim-dominated area on religious grounds.…”

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Drug use Among Undergraduates in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria

Okoro

Lahai

2021

Int J Health Life Sci

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Background: Drug use among students is a public health problem and the academic consequences cannot be overemphasized. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the pattern of drug use among undergraduate students in Maiduguri and to identify the predictors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among students of tertiary institutions in Maiduguri Metropolis, Nigeria. Data were collected using the WHO Student Drug Use questionnaire. The data collected with the survey instrument included sex, age, studentship, and job status in the past 12-months and various drugs used. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and standard deviation were initially used to describe the study data. Chi-Square and Fisher’s exact tests were used to test for significant difference, while multivariate logistic regression was used to identify determinants of drug use with a P-value < 0.05 taken as significant Results: The overall prevalence of the past 12-months drug use was 14.3%. Tobacco (9.6%) followed by alcohol (8.1%) was the most frequently used drug. Being a university students (odds ratio = 1.88 [1.23 - 2.89]) compared to polytechnic students, being a male (1.55 [1.04 - 2.31]) compared to female, aged 26 - 35 years (1.48 [0.95 - 2.31]) compared to 18 - 25 years were significantly more likely to use drugs. Additionally, being a part-time student in the past 12-months (2.16 [1.11 - 4.21]) compared to no studentship status in the past 12 months, and having a paid part-time jobs in the past 12-months (2.11 [1.36 - 3.27]) compared to none were significantly more likely to use drugs. Conclusions: Our study revealed that a considerable proportion of students of higher education institutions in Nigeria use drugs. Drug use has grave implications for these students and may result in mental health disorders and poor academic performance. This highlights the importance of an effective drug prevention policy in higher education institutions.

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Drug use Among Undergraduates in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria

Okoro

Lahai

2021

Int J Health Life Sci

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“…ose articles were specific to medical and health science college students. King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia reported student smoking prevalence at 28.1% [38] Other universities have targeted interventions, considering regional variations [39]. e possible justification for these variations could be due to the population's sociocultural values and norms as well as religious beliefs [40,41].…”

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Current Cigarette Smoking among Ethiopian University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Guracho

Addis

Tafere

et al. 2020

Journal of Addiction

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Background. Although tobacco use is highest in high-income countries, most tobacco-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries with the highest number of deaths recorded in East Africa. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the pooled prevalence and associated factors of current cigarette smoking among Ethiopian university students. Methods. The authors searched databases from PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, EMBASE, and Web of Sciences. The publications included in the analysis were inclusive, the literature was searched from January 2011 to December 2018. The JBI-MAStARI critical appraisal tool was applied to 13 publications identified by the database search. I2 statistics were used to indicate heterogeneity. Publication bias was evaluated using the visual funnel plot. A p value < 0.1 was considered as indicative of statistically significant publication bias. A random effect meta-analysis model was computed to estimate the pooled prevalence of cigarette smoking, and the variables associated with cigarette smoking were examined. Results. The meta-analysis of 13 studies showed that the pooled prevalence of current cigarette smoking was found to be 12.55% (95% CI: 10.39–14.72; I2 = 94.0%) with no publication bias according to Egger’s test (p=0.007) for cigarette smoking by 2.05 (95% CI: 1.52–2.75). Factors associated with cigarette smoking were peer influence 2.79 (95% CI: 1.62–4.82; I2 = 35.7), khat chewing (95% CI: 2.81–15.26; I2 = 82.5), and alcohol use 11.16 (95% CI: 7.46–16.71). Conclusion. Our findings indicate a high prevalence of cigarette smoking among Ethiopian university students as compared to the general population. Gender, peer influence, khat chewing, and current alcohol use were significantly associated with cigarette smoking. The authors recommend promoting antismoking campaigns, emphasizing health hazard public service announcements about cigarettes, and integrating health education on smoking in youth-friendly services, especially targeting higher educational institutions.

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“…In this age group, the daily use of marijuana was reported by 2.6 million users, while 3.4 million (10%) had alcohol use disorders [2]. In Europe an estimated 19.1 million young adults (aged [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] used substances in 2018 [4]; males used substances twice as much as females with cannabis being the most used substance [4].…”

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“…Furthermore, many of these students joining the university experience a new freedom from parental and teacher supervision. They additionally become responsible for larger sums of money than ever before in their lives [15]. The combination of these factors increases the susceptibility of the new students to harmful peer influence which may lead to alcohol and substance use initiation.…”

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Alcohol and substance use among first-year students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya: Prevalence and patterns

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Increase in alcohol and substance use among college students is a global public health concern. It is associated with the risk of alcohol and substance use disorders to the individual concerned and public health problems to their family and society. Among students there is also the risk of poor academic performance, taking longer to complete their studies or dropping out of university. This study determined the prevalence and patterns of alcohol and substance use of students at the entry to the university. Method A total of 406 (50.7% male) students were interviewed using the Assessment of Smoking and Substance Involvement Test (ASSIST) and the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Tool (AUDIT). Bivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations between substance use and students' socio-demographic characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the predictors of the lifetime and current alcohol and substance use. Results Lifetime and current alcohol and substance use prevalence were 103 (25%) and 83 (20%) respectively. Currently frequently used substances were alcohol 69 (22%), cannabis 33 (8%) and tobacco 28 (7%). Poly-substance use was reported by 48 (13%) respondents, the main combinations being cannabis, tobacco, and alcohol. Students living in private hostels were four times more likely to be current substance users compared with those living on campus (OR = 4.7, 95% CI: 2.0, 10.9). Conclusion A quarter of the study respondents consumed alcohol and/or substances at the entry to university pushing the case for early intervention strategies to delay initiation of alcohol and substance use and to reduce the associated harmful consequences.

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Prevalence, Trends, and Consequences of Substance Use Among University Students: Implication for Intervention

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Drug use Among Undergraduates in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria

Drug use Among Undergraduates in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Current Cigarette Smoking among Ethiopian University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Alcohol and substance use among first-year students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya: Prevalence and patterns

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