ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021
Prevalence and risk factors of psychoactive substance abuse among students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Alcohol consumption among university students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Substance use among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Sex Differences in the Factors Associated With Lifetime Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among Ghanaian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Public health challenges · 2026Article
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- Mental health conditions of young ethiopians who use substances: a cross-sectional study in West Arsi zone.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Substance use among young people in the West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Psychoactive substance use and associated factors among Mohammed first university students, Oujda, Morocco: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.Journal of addiction · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubstance uses were seen in 18-25 years old age groups who are more than 40% world population, from which Africa was the region with the highest proportion accounting 60% in 2016. This review aimed to assess the burden of substance abuse among students in Ethiopia.
methodsA comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed/Medline; Science direct and African Online Journal without language and date restriction. The Heterogeneity among the included studies was checked with forest plot, χ2 test, I2 test, and the p-values. All cross-sectional studies reporting rate of prevalence of psychoactive substance among students were included and the rest were excluded.
resultA total of 545 articles were identified from different databases and 42 articles were selected for evaluation. Twenty-nine Articles with 22, 012 participants were included. The overall prevalence of psychoactive substance abuse was 32.28% (95% confidence interval (CI): 26.74 to 37.82).
conclusionThe review revealed that one-third of the high school and higher education students used different psychoactive substances in Ethiopia. REGISTRATION: This Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis was registered in Prospero international prospective register of systemic reviews (CRD42020146656) on April 28/2020.
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