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| Title |
Substance use and its predictors among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-660 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Wakgari Deressa, Aklilu Azazh |
| Abstract |
Substance use remains high among Ethiopian youth and young adolescents particularly in high schools and colleges. The use of alcohol, khat and tobacco by college and university students can be harmful; leading to decreased academic performance, increased risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. However, the magnitude of substance use and the factors associated with it has not been investigated among medical students in the country. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of substance use and identify factors that influenced the behavior among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 351 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 348 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 49 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 43 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 27 | 8% |
| Researcher | 25 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 58 | 17% |
| Unknown | 127 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 98 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 42 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 5% |
| Psychology | 14 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 34 | 10% |
| Unknown | 136 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2014.
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#13,278,278
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#9,375
of 14,728 outputs
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#78,765
of 123,827 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#125
of 202 outputs
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