Prevalence and risk factors of psychoactive substance abuse among students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance 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.

Methods

A 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.

Result

A total of 545 articles were identified from different databases and 42 articles were selected for

SUBMITTER: Abate SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437783 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature