ArticleAfrican health sciences2013
Beyond prevalence and pattern: problematic extent of alcohol and substance use among adolescents in Ibadan South-west Nigeria.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of factors associated with adolescent substance use in Africa, 2000 to 2020.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Internalizing and externalizing pathways to adolescent substance use disorders: A Multi-level analysis in Nigerian schools.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Measuring alcohol use among adolescents in Africa: A systematic scoping review of consumption, screening and assessment tools.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Article
- Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Patterns of Substance Use Disorder in Oman: A retrospective study of the National Registry Surveillance Programme between 2004 and 2018.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2020Article
- Use of sachet alcohol and sexual behaviour among adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria.African health sciences · 2020Article
- A Qualitative Analysis of Substance Use among Liberian Youth: Understanding Behaviors, Consequences, and Protective Factors Involving School Youth and the School Milieu.International journal of mental health & psychiatry · 2016Article
- Service and Policy implication of substance use disorders among adolescents in juvenile correctional facilities in Lagos, Nigeria.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2016Article
- Non-communicable diseases are reaching epidemic proportions: evidence from low and middle income countries.African health sciences · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research on adolescent alcohol/substance use in Nigeria had focused on the pattern of use without consideration for the extent of use. Socio-demographic correlates have also not been well explored. Information about socio-demographic correlates can also inform target-points in preventive strategies. Knowledge of the prevalence of problematic pattern of alcohol/substance use can inform the inclusion of rehabilitation strategies in intervention policies.
objectivesTo determine the prevalence, pattern and extent-as well as socio-demographic correlates-of alcohol/substance use among a cohort of adolescents in Nigeria.
methodsPattern and extent of alcohol/substance use was examined using the CRAFFT instrument.
resultsA total of 538 adolescents with a mean age of 15.1 ± 1.4 years returned completed questionnaires. 12-month prevalence of alcohol and other substance use was 21.4%. About 46% of those who reported use of alcohol or any other substance had a CRAFFT score of >2 which suggests problematic pattern of use. Older age, male gender, parental alcohol and substance and lower than average school performance were independently associated with 12-moNth use of alcohol or any other substance.
conclusionsAdolescent alcohol and substance use is common in Nigeria and a large proportion of users show a problematic pattern of use that warrants rehabilitative intervention.
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