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Alcohol use disorder and its determinant factors among patients with schizophrenia attending treatment at mental specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.
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- Alcohol use disorder and associated factors among individuals with severe mental illnesses in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Harmful alcohol use and associated factors among patients with neuropsychiatric disorders in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of mental health systems · 2026Article
- Factors associated with hazardous alcohol use in patients with psychiatric disorders: a cross-sectional study in the Neuro-Psycho-Pathological Centre of Kinshasa.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Alcohol Use Disorder in Southwestern and Northern Uganda: Prevalence and associated factors.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of the self-efficacy modification program for Thai alcoholic inpatients with schizophrenia.Discover mental health · 2025Article
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- Dissecting different forms of impulsivity and its relationships to anxiety in the link between alcohol dependence and aggression among Chinese male alcohol-dependent patients.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Patterns of substance use in people with severe mental illness: A case-control study in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2025Article
- Risk Factors of Alcohol Use Disorders Among Inpatients with Schizophrenia: An Institutional-Based Cross-sectional Survey.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Determinants of depressive and alcohol use disorders among female sex workers in Ethiopia: evidence from a national bio-behavioral survey, 2020.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Profiles and factors associated with schizophrenia in eastern Ethiopia: A matched case-control study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol use disorder is one of the primary causes of avoidable death, illness, and injury in many societies throughout the world. Although alcohol use disorder can influence the natural history of a disease, disease recurrence, quality of life, and treatment adherence in psychiatric patients, the data on its magnitude is scarce.
objectivesThis study was aimed to determine the magnitude of alcohol use disorder and its determinants among patients with schizophrenia attending a mental specialized hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
methodsAn institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 15 to June 15, 2018. An alcohol use disorder identification test was employed among a sample of 414 randomly selected patients with schizophrenia. Alcohol use disorder was categorized as hazardous drinking (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of 8-15), harmful drinking (AUDIT score of 16-19), and alcohol dependence (AUDIT score of 20 or above). The data were entered into Epi-Data 3.1 and exported to SPSS 20 for analysis. Logistic regression was fitted to identify factors associated with alcohol use disorder.
resultsThe prevalence of alcohol use disorder was 38.4% (95% confidence interval (CI) 33.7, 42.9). Of this, 22.4% of the patients had hazardous drinking, 8.4% harmful drinking, and 7.6% alcohol dependence. Factors associated with alcohol use disorder were male sex (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 5.8, 95% CI 2.55, 13.19), being single (AOR = 3.0, 95% CI 1.63, 5.51), divorced (AOR = 4.3, 95% CI 1.95, 9.47) and widowed (AOR = 3.5, 95% CI 1.39, 8.81), having family history of alcoholism (AOR = 3.8, 95% CI 1.98, 7.19), longer duration of illness (AOR = 3.9, 95% CI 1.83, 8.36), previous history of psychiatric diagnosis (AOR = 2.2, 95% CI 1.1, 4.34), and concomitant use of non-alcoholic substances (AOR = 3.7, 95% CI 2.06, 6.74).
conclusionsAlmost four in ten patients with schizophrenia had alcohol use disorder. Male sex, single, divorced, and widowed, family history of alcohol use, long duration of illness, previous history of psychiatric diagnosis, and concomitant use of non-alcoholic substances were significantly associated with alcohol use disorder. Continuous counseling of at risk populations about alcohol consumption should be strengthened.
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