Who guards the guards: Drug use pattern among medical students in a Nigerian University

Eo, Babalola; Akinhanmi, Akinwande O.; Ogunwale, Adegboyega

doi:10.4103/2141-9248.133467

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“…This study showed that the majority of students started using drugs in middle -late adolescents, while still in secondary school. This is consistent with the findings from other studies [29,[31][32][33].…”

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Prevalence and Patterns of Drug Abuse among Students of Tertiary Institutions in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

2016

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Background: In recent time, there has been a rise in the use of alcohol and psychoactive substances and the associated consequences among Nigerian students in tertiary institutions. Despite being a major public health concern, there are few studies that examined prevalence of alcohol and drug use among students of different tertiary institutions at the same point in time. Method: The self-administered WHO Student Drug Use Questionnaire was used to collect data on drug use among 1233 college students from the Federal College of Education, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and University of Agriculture all in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Results: The lifetime prevalence of use of one or more drugs of abuse was 69.2%. The highest lifetime prevalence rates were for alcohol (34.3%), tobacco (14.4%), hypnosedatives (8.8%) and cannabis (6.2%). The majority of respondents who abused psychoactive drugs initiated the habit in primary and secondary school. Alcohol use was more common among male students and Christians. It was also associated with parental drug use, parental educational level and marital status. Conclusion: This study showed a high prevalence of drug abuse among the students. There is a need for more studies on drug use among college students with a view to mapping out appropriate preventive and intervention programmes in Nigeria.

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Prevalence and Patterns of Drug Abuse among Students of Tertiary Institutions in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

2016

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“…Most studies conducted in America, Europe, Australia, and Africa reported use of NPS (amphetamine, benzodiazepines, hallucinogens, and ketamine) and illicit drugs (LSD, Ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, and crack) [ 14 – 18 ]. However in our study we didn’t find use of NPS, the illicit drugs, and the non-existent drug Relevin.…”

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“…One study reported that 2.8% of university students in Eldoret Kenya used Marijuana [ 13 ]. There are also other surveys which are done at Nigeria, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Dominican Republic depicting the use of other illicit drugs and NPS [ 14 – 18 ].…”

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Prevalence and factors determining psychoactive substance (PAS) use among Hawassa University (HU) undergraduate students, Hawassa Ethiopia

2014

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BackgroundUse of psychoactive substances (PAS) early in school age implies drug dependence in later life. Although no studies have been conducted on undergraduate students of Hawassa University, a few studies in Ethiopia have reported that alcohol, khat, and cigarette are the commonly abused PASs among young high school/undergraduate university students. Therefore, this study was designed to establish the prevalence of and predictors for PAS use among undergraduate HU Students.MethodsAn institution-based quantitative cross-sectional study using the self-administered WHO Model Core Questionnaire to collect information on use of various Psychoactive Substances (PASs) was conducted from June to July 2011. A multistage stratified sampling method was employed to select a total of 586 undergraduate HU students as study participants. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were done to determine factors affecting PAS use.ResultsLifetime, past 12 months, and current prevalence rate for overall PAS were 53.6%, 45.7%, and 35.5% respectively. The study depicted that in the past 12 months of the study period 40.8% used alcohol, 20.3% chewed khat, 11.9% smoked cigarettes, and 0.9% used marijuana. The prevalence of other illicit PASs such as Ecstasy, lysergic diethylamide (LSD), cocaine, crack, heroin, solvents or inhalants and un-prescribed psycho active medications was found zero percent (0%). Having family members who used PAS, peer influence, being male, and living alone during school age were found to be positively associated with overall PAS use in the past 12 months.ConclusionThe prevalence of PAS use among undergraduate HU students is high. Designing effective strategies to reduce PAS use should be everyone’s priority.

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“…Like studies by Babalola in Nigeria, Damiral in Turkey and Hull SK in Ohio, USA. 8,9,10 Kjeldstadli after a cohort study has concluded the same result and suggested encouraging medical students to spend more time for personal and social life. 11 A crosssectional study by Gharavi in Iran suggested stress management training for medical students because of high levels of stress.…”

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Effects of a "Brief Stress Management Training Program" from Medical Students’ Viewpoints: A Qualitative Study

Herizchi¹,

Tabrizi²,

Ranjbar

2016

Res dev med edu

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Introduction: Medical students undergo many stressors during various stages of medical education and must learn to cope with their new situation. Some studies have reported that stress management training methods have significant effects on decreasing stress in medical students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a "Stress Management Training Session" from medical students' viewpoints. Methods: This study design employed a qualitative phenomenological research method. Using a goal-directed sampling method, medical students in the psychiatry ward during 3 months, participated in a "Stress Management Training Session". In this section, the nature of stress and some simple techniques for stress management were taught practically. After 1 month, participants cooperated in 3 focus group discussions. In the FGDs students explained their experiences in the stress management session and its effectiveness. After recording and writing discussions, subjects' content was analyzed. Results: In total, 6 themes and 2:10 subthemes materialized from data analysis. In the students' opinions, learning and using stress management techniques had good effects on their stress, sleep and headaches. Although some students didn't notice to the efficacy on concentration, others believed stress management techniques were useful for learning and concentration. Conclusion: Based on the medical students' opinions, learning and using stress management techniques had good effects on their stress, sleep and headaches and may improve concentration and learning quality.

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Who guards the guards: Drug use pattern among medical students in a Nigerian University

Cited by 25 publications

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Prevalence and Patterns of Drug Abuse among Students of Tertiary Institutions in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Prevalence and Patterns of Drug Abuse among Students of Tertiary Institutions in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Prevalence and factors determining psychoactive substance (PAS) use among Hawassa University (HU) undergraduate students, Hawassa Ethiopia

Effects of a "Brief Stress Management Training Program" from Medical Students’ Viewpoints: A Qualitative Study

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