Prevalence and socio-demographic, academic, health and lifestyle predictors of illicit drug/s use among university undergraduate students in Finland

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El Ansari, WalidHögskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar / College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha Qatar,Individ och samhälle VIDSOC, Individual and Society (författare)

Prevalence and socio-demographic, academic, health and lifestyle predictors of illicit drug/s use among university undergraduate students in Finland

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2020-07-15
MDPI,2020
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:his-18880
https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-18880URI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145094DOI

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Correspondence Address: El Ansari, W.; Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Qatar / School of Health and Education, University of Skövde, Sweden; email: welansari9@gmail.com
Illicit drug/s use (IDU) among university students is a public health concern. We assessed the associations between socio-demographic, academic, and health and lifestyle characteristics (independent variables) and regular, occasional or never IDU (dependent variables). Data were collected across seven faculties (1177 students) at the University of Turku (Finland) via an online questionnaire. About 1.5% of the sample had regular IDU, 19% occasional IDU, and 79% never IDU. Independent predictors of ever (lifetime) IDU included males [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 1.82, P = 0.001], not living with parents (AOR 2.59, P < 0.001), singles (AOR 0.51, P < 0.001), lower religiosity (AOR 1.49, P = 0.022), better self-rated general health (AOR 0.41, P = 0.003), higher health awareness (AOR 1.93, P = 0.014), more depressive symptoms (AOR 1.82, P = 0.004), daily smokers (AOR 3.69, P < 0.001), heavy episodic drinking (AOR 2.38, P < 0.001) and possible alcohol dependency (AOR 2.55, P < 0.001). We observed no independent associations between ever IDU with age, study discipline, perceived stress or academic performance. The 20.5% ever IDU is concerning. The compelling independent predictors of ever IDU included not living with parents, lower religiosity, daily smokers, heavy episodic drinking and possible alcohol dependency (AOR range 2.38–3.69). Education and prevention need to emphasize the negative consequences to reinforce abstinence from IDU. Health promotion could focus on beliefs and expectations about IDU and target students at risk for successful efforts. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology hsv//eng
Academic performance
Illicit drug/s use
Mental health
Sociodemographic and educational characteristics
University students
alcohol
cannabis
illicit drug
health impact
health risk
lifestyle
medical geography
public health
quality of life
student
academic achievement
adult
alcoholism
Article
controlled study
demography
dependent variable
drug use
female
Finland
health promotion
human
independent variable
lifestyle modification
major clinical study
male
online system
Perceived Stress Scale
pilot study
prevalence
questionnaire
religion
substance abuse
substance use
undergraduate student
university student
Individual and Society VIDSOC
Individ och samhälle VIDSOC

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Salam, AbdulDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia (författare)
Suominen, SakariHögskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Individ och samhälle VIDSOC, Individual and Society(Swepub:his)suos (författare)
Högskolan i SkövdeInstitutionen för hälsovetenskaper (creator_code:org_t)

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Ingår i:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: MDPI17:14, s. 1-201661-78271660-4601

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