Background
Methods
Study design
Study area and setting
Study population
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Sample size
Data collection
Ethical approval
Data management and analysis
Results
General characteristics of participants
Variable | Category | Frequency (N = 510) | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Age (Mean ± SD; Range) (years) | 17.3±1.9; 17 -20 | ||
Age group(years) | 13–16 | 192 | 37.6 |
17–20 | 318 | 62.4 | |
School setting | Public | 382 | 74.8 |
Private | 128 | 25.2 | |
Class level | Three | 17 | 3.3 |
Four | 34 | 6.7 | |
Five | 219 | 42.9 | |
Lower Sixth | 39 | 7.6 | |
Upper Sixth | 201 | 39.4 | |
Monthly allowance (FCFA) | < 5000 | 325 | 63.7 |
5–10,000 | 114 | 22.4 | |
10–20,000 | 34 | 6.7 | |
20–30,000 | 14 | 2.7 | |
> 30,000 | 23 | 4.4 | |
Number of siblings | 1 – 5 | 397 | 77.8 |
6 – 10 | 95 | 18.6 | |
> 10 | 8 | 1.6 | |
Living arrangements | Living with parents | 350 | 68.6 |
Living with a Guardian | 122 | 23.9 | |
Cohabiting with a friend | 22 | 4.3 | |
Living in a school dormitory | 16 | 3.1 | |
Behavioural Factors | Alcohol use | 167 | 32.7 |
Cigarette smoking | 42 | 8.0 | |
Illicit drug use | 42 | 8.1 | |
Parent`s Marital status | Married | 294 | 57.6 |
Single | 165 | 32.4 | |
Widow | 30 | 5.9 | |
Divorced | 16 | 3.1 | |
Cohabiting | 5 | 1.0 | |
Parents`s Employment status | Self-Employed | 262 | 51.4 |
Employed | 161 | 31.6 | |
Unemployed | 87 | 17.1 | |
Parent`s Education status | Primary | 34 | 6.7 |
Secondary | 272 | 53.3 | |
Tertiary | 176 | 34.5 | |
No formal education | 28 | 5.5 |
Prevalence of non-medical use of prescription drugs among adolescent secondary school students
Predicting factors of NMUPD among secondary school students in Buea
Variable | NMUDP, n (%) | Crude Odds ratio | 95% Confidence interval | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Sociodemographic factors | |||||
Age group (years) | |||||
13–16 | 24 (12.5) | 168 (87.5) | 1.00 | - | - |
17–20 | 54 (17.0) | 264 (83.0) | 1.43 | 0.85–2.40 | 0.175 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 43 (17.3) | 205 (82.7) | 1.36 | 0.84–2.21 | 0.213 |
Female | 35 (13.4) | 227 (86.6) | 1.00 | - | - |
Monthly allowance > 30.000 FCFA | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | 2.59 | 1.01–6.63 | 0.048 |
Parent`s education status (tertiary level) | 32 (18.2) | 144 (81.8) | 7.33 | 0.97–55.61 | 0.054 |
Live in a school dormitory | 4 (25.0) | 12 (75.0) | 2.00 | 0.62–6.45 | 0.246 |
Behavioural Factors | |||||
Use of alcohol | 46 (27.5) | 121 (72.5) | 3.68 | 2.24–6.06 | 0.000 |
Cigarette smoking | 19 (46.3) | 22 (53.7) | 6.00 | 3.07–11.75 | 0.000 |
Use of illicit drugs | 24 (58.5) | 17 (41.5) | 10.85 | 5.48–21.48 | 0.000 |
Variable | NMUDP, n (%) | Adjusted Odd Ratio (aOR) | 95% CI | P-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Use of alcohol | 46 (27.5) | 2.23 | 1.26–3.95 | 0.006 |
Use of illicit drugs | 24 (58.5) | 5.60 | 2.41–12.97 | 0.000 |