Table 4 Assessments of substance and mental health among regular undergraduate WU students, Dessie, Amhara region, northeast Ethiopia, November 2020 (n = 371)
Character | Frequency | Percentage (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
History of mental illness | Yes | 15 | 4.0 | |
No | 356 | 96.0 | ||
History of suicidal attempt | Yes | 9 | 2.4 | |
No | 362 | 97.6 | ||
Suicidal thoughts in the last 3 month | Yes | 12 | 3.2 | |
No | 359 | 96.8 | ||
Substance use history | Yes | Alcohol | 27 | 7.3 |
Khat | 20 | 5.4 | ||
Cigarettes | 2 | 0.5 | ||
Hashish | 2 | 0.5 | ||
Shisha | 1 | 0.3 | ||
Cannabis | 2 | 0.5 | ||
Others | 5 | 1.3 | ||
No | 312 | 84.1 | ||
Diagnosed medical illness | Yes | HTN | 1 | 0.3 |
DM | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Epilepsy | 5 | 1.3 | ||
Others | 11 | 3 | ||
No | 354 | 95.4 | ||