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Substance Use among a Sample of Healthcare Workers in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Exploring hazardous alcohol use and its determinants among health professionals in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Depression and its associated factors: perceived stress, social support, substance use and related sociodemographic risk factors in medical school residents in Nairobi, Kenya.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Senior Managers' Experience with Health, Happiness, and Motivation in Hospitals and the Perceived Impact on Health Systems: The Case of Meru County, Kenya.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Emerging worldwide trends in substances diverted for personal non-medical use by anaesthetists.BJA education · 2020Review
- Compassion fatigue and substance use among nurses.Annals of general psychiatry · 2018Article
- FACTORS INFLUENCING LAY AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKERS' SELF-EFFICACY IN IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION FOR ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN KENYA.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2017Article
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Abstract
This study describes reported substance use among Kenyan healthcare workers (HCWs), as it has implications for HCWs' health, productivity, and their ability and likelihood to intervene on substance use. The Alcohol Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was administered to a convenience sample of HCWs (n = 206) in 15 health facilities. Reported lifetime use was 35.8% for alcohol, 23.5% for tobacco, 9.3% for cannabis, 9.3% for sedatives, 8.8% for cocaine, 6.4% for amphetamine-like stimulants, 5.4% for hallucinogens, 3.4% for inhalants, and 3.9% for opioids. Tobacco and alcohol were also the two most commonly used substances in the previous three months. Male gender and other substance use were key predictors of both lifetime and previous three months' use rates. HCWs' substance use rates appear generally higher than those seen in the general population in Kenya, though lower than those reported among many HCWs globally. This pattern of use has implications for both HCWs and their clients.
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