A systematic review and meta-analysis of substance use among medical students in India

Sahu, Anamika; Bhati, Nikita; Sarkar, Siddharth

doi:10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_672_21

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“…Unlike alcohol, most of the other substances such as cannabis, cocaine and others are illegal and not readily available for sale on market which makes accessibility more di cult which possibly explains the lower prevalence of both ever and current use 30 . This is in line with nding from most of the existing literature which has documented alcohol to be the most commonly used substance among students 31,32 . Generally, more students had low risk use of alcohol and other substance which show the need to ensure that they keep abstaining or do not worsen their substance use habits to prevent progression to high risk use.…”

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Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdown

Kirabira,

Kagoya,

Mpagi

et al. 2023

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Use of alcohol and other substance remains a major health concern among higher learning institutions. This study aimed at assessing prevalence of alcohol and other substance use among students at Busitema University in Eastern Uganda. A cross sectional survey was conducted among 658 undergraduate students using a questionnaire consisting of Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Tool and participant sociodemographic and clinical factors. Logistic regression was used to explore the associations. Two hundred sixty-five (40.3%) reported ever using alcohol and 158 (24.0%) had used in last 3 months, while 74 (11.2%) reported ever use of other substances including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, stimulants sedatives and hallucinogens and 36(5.5%) had used within the recent three months. Recent alcohol use was associated with engaging in romantic relationship (odd ratio(OR) = 1.9, P value (p) = 0.045) while having chronic medical conditions was protective (OR = 0.3, p = 0.031). On the other hand, recent use of other substances was 7 times higher among males (OR = 7.0, p = 0.008) compared to females while fourth year of study was protective (OR = 0.05, p = 0.011). Although alcohol use is a worsening challenge among university students, use of other substances is also highly prevalent after COVID-19 lockdown. Most of the associated factors are modifiable which calls for interventions to address them in order to prevent the likely undesirable outcomes.

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confidence: 89%