Prevalence and pattern of substance use among undergraduates in a Nigerian University

Adelekan, Moruf L.; Abiodun, Olatunji A.; Obayan, Aize O. Imouokhome; Oni, Gbolahan A.; Ogunremi, O. O.

doi:10.1016/0376-8716(92)90100-q

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“…About 58% of the respondents reported having used at least one of the psychoactive substances in their lifetime while almost a half of the respondents were current users. These rates are similar to prevalence rates among students as reported by other researchers (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22). As opined by , a possible explanation for the high prevalence of substance use among students could be the fact that the university experience is unique as it provides students with the first opportunity to be part of a larger group of peers without parental supervision.…”

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confidence: 87%

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Parenting Styles and Peer-Pressure as Predictors of Substance Abuse among University Students

Abikoye¹

2014

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Abstract:The study investigated the prevalence of substance abuse and its prediction by parenting styles and peer pressure among university students. Participants in this cross-sectional survey consisted of four hundred and fifty two randomly selected undergraduates of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. The sample consisted of 221 (48.9%) males and 231 (51.1) females. Participants' age ranges were as follow: 126 (27.9%) were aged between 18 and than 20 years, 312 (69.0%) were aged between 20 and 25 years while 14 (3.1%) were aged between 25 and above. Students who were younger than 18 years were excluded from participating in the study. Results indicated that about 47% of all respondents reported current use while 58% reported lifetime use of one or more psychoactive substances. Prevalence rates of use of all categories of drugs by respondents are presented in Table 1. Life time prevalence rate was highest for alcohol (43.14%), followed by tobacco (37.61%), stimulants (22.57%), cannabis (18.14%), sedatives (17.92%) and heroin (12.17%). parenting styles (permissive parenting, authoritarian parenting and authoritative parenting), peer pressure and sex jointly predicted substance abuse among students (R = .48; F = 9.16; p<.01) by accounting for 23% of the variances in substance abuse. The study highlighted the important roles of parenting styles (especially authoritative parenting), peer pressure, age and gender in understanding students' substance abuse problem. The study concluded that these variables should be factored into intervention programmes aimed at stemming the tides of substance abuse among university students. It is also important for relevant interventions to commence before students enter the university since many young people come to the university or college with pre-existing perceptions and expectations concerning substance use, and often start university with already established habits and orientations.

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confidence: 87%

“…Several studies have reported alarming rates of substance abuse in student populations (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22). The university experience is unique as it provides students with the first opportunity to be part of a larger group of peers without parental supervision.…”

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Parenting Styles and Peer-Pressure as Predictors of Substance Abuse among University Students

Abikoye¹

2014

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“…While some were hospital based (Adelekan & Adeniran, 1988;Ohaeri & Odejide, 1991), others were community based (Anumonye, 1980;Onibokun et al, 1999). Some studies have focused on atrisk groups such as secondary school students (Adelekan, 1989;Adelekan et al, 2001), undergraduates (Frank & Edward, 1999;Adelekan et al, 2000) health workers (McAuliffe & Rohman, 1986). As a result of these studies, various drugs of abuse such as alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, stimulants, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens e.t.c.…”

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Pentazocine abuse in sickle cell anaemia patients: a report of two case vignetes

Makanjuola¹,

Olatunji²

2010

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The article aims to draw attention of clinicians to the addictive potentials of Pentazocine use in sickle cell anaemia patients and to highlight some of the associated problems of pentazocine abuse. It also hopes to stimulate the need to review guidelines for the use of analgesics in the management of bone pain crisis or other chronic pains. Two case reports of pentazocine abuse seen in a psychiatry clinic at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) Ilorin, Nigeria were made. It was found that both patients who were sickle cell anaemia (HbS) patients were first given intramuscular pentazocine in private hospitals during an episode of bone pain crises. They claimed that though the bone pain crises subsided after a few days on admission, they continued to feign pains in order to be given pentazocine because they enjoyed its dysphoric effect. There were features of pentazocine dependence as shown by intense craving for the drug, excessive sweating, body (not bone) pains, signs of needle pricks on the body, sudden extravagance, begging for money, stealing and poor academic performance among other things. There was no clinical evidence of bone crisis or complications of sickle cell anaemia. It was concluded that more than before, clinicians should be cautious in the use of analgesics which has potential for addiction in sickle cell anaemia and chronic pain patients.

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“…In African countries, there is an increasing trend in psychoactive substance use and abuse (Adelekan et al, 2000;Reddy et al, 2007). In South Africa, 28.9% of Cape Town adolescents and 31.8% of Durban adolescents who were presented at trauma units were found to have *Corresponding author.…”

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Personality traits of in-patients with substance use disorders in a mental health facility in Nigeria

Onyencho¹,

Ibrahim²,

Pindar³

et al. 2016

J. Neurosci. Behav. Health

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Substance abuse is a multi-etiological, multi-dimensional and a worldwide problem with an alarming increase in its incidences. This study aimed to evaluate the patterns of use of psychoactive substances and to assess the predominant personality traits among the participants. This cross-sectional study used a purposive sampling technique to examined in-patients with substance abuse problem in a psychiatric facility in Maiduguri. One hundred and four (98.1%) males and (1.9%) females with mean age (x) of 31.1 years and SD (± 7.5) participated in the study. The study revealed cigarette (stimulant) as the most current substance of abuse 74.0%, cannabis (hallucinogen) 71.1%, opiates 69.2% and depressants 60.5%. Additionally, 87.5% of the participants used multiple psychoactive substances. Lastly, 90.4% of the participants' scores were above the mean on Neuroticism, 73.1% on Psychoticism and 55.8% on Extraversion measures. High scores on the three dimensions of personality traits (Psychoticism, Extraversion and Neuroticism) have significant associations to psychoactive substance abuse. The study, therefore, recommend the incorporation of personality assessment in the routine work up and management of patients with substance abuse problems.

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Prevalence and pattern of substance use among undergraduates in a Nigerian University

Cited by 45 publications

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Parenting Styles and Peer-Pressure as Predictors of Substance Abuse among University Students

Parenting Styles and Peer-Pressure as Predictors of Substance Abuse among University Students

Pentazocine abuse in sickle cell anaemia patients: a report of two case vignetes

Personality traits of in-patients with substance use disorders in a mental health facility in Nigeria

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