Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdown
| dc.contributor.author | Kirabira, Joseph | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kagoya, Enid Kawala | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mpagi, Joseph | |
| dc.contributor.author | Atala, Christine Etoko | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ndamanywa, Kalisiti | |
| dc.contributor.author | Okibure, Ambrose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kibuuka, Ronald | |
| dc.contributor.author | Katongole, Fauz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wandabwa, Julius | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-19T11:03:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-19T11:03:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Use of alcohol and other substances remains a major health concern among higher learning institutions. This study aimed at assessing the 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%) students reported ever using alcohol and 158 (24.0%) had used in last 3 months. Seventy-four (11.2%) students reported ever use of other substances including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, stimulants sedatives and hallucinogens and 36 (5.5%) had used within the recent 3 months. After controlling for potential confounders, 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. There is need for universities to identify students with above factors and design interventions to address them in order to prevent the likely undesirable outcomes of alcohol and substance use. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kirabira, Joseph, Enid Kawala Kagoya, Joseph Mpagi, et al. 'Burden of Alcohol and Other Substance use and Correlates among Undergraduate Students at Busitema University in Rural Eastern Uganda After COVID-19 Lockdown', Scientific Reports, vol. 14/no. 1, (2024), pp. 6194. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | EISSN 2045-2322 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9453 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_US |
| dc.subject | Alcohol, Substance use, University, Students, Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdown | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |