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dc.contributor.authorKirabira, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorKagoya, Enid Kawala
dc.contributor.authorMpagi, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorAtala, Christine Etoko
dc.contributor.authorNdamanywa, Kalisiti
dc.contributor.authorOkibure, Ambrose
dc.contributor.authorKibuuka, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorKatongole, Fauz
dc.contributor.authorWandabwa, Julius
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-22T09:13:09Z
dc.date.available2023-06-22T09:13:09Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationKirabira, J., Kagoya, E. K., Mpagi, J., Atala, C. E., Ndamanywa, K., Okibure, A., ... & Wandabwa, J. (2023). 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.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2933
dc.description.abstractUse 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 outcomesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of Ugandaen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherResearch squareen_US
dc.subjectAlcoholen_US
dc.subjectSubstance useen_US
dc.subjectUniversityen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleBurden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdownen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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