Table 3 Prevalence of substance use in medical, practical and theoretical students and DUDIT scores
From: Substance use patterns among university students in Egypt
Parameter | Medical students [n = 219] N [%] | Practical students [n = 261] N [%] | Theoretical students [n = 658] N [%] | P value (Monte-Carlo test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Substance use | ||||
 Users | 12 [5.5] | 28 [10.7] | 34 [5.2] | 0.007 |
Substance use according to DUDIT scores | ||||
 Non-drug-related problem [users] | 1 [8.3] | 8 [28.6] | 9 [26.5] | ≤ 0.001 |
 Drug-related problems | 10 [83.3] | 17 [60.7] | 23 [67.6] |  |
 Dependence | 1 [8.3] | 3 [10.7] | 2 [5.9] |  |
Substance type | ||||
 Mono substance |  |  |  |  |
  Cannabis | - | 6 [2.3] | 12 [1.8] | 0.1 |
  Tramadol | 4 [1.8] | 6 [2.3] | 4 [0.6] | 0.07 |
  Alcohol | 3 [1.4] | 5 [1.9] | 2 [0.3] | 0.04 |
  Benzo | 3 [1.4] | 1 [0.4] | 1 [0.2] | 0.06 |
  Heroin | - | - | 1 [0.2] | 0.9 |
 Poly substance |  |  |  |  |
  Cannabis and tramadol | 1 [0.5] | 2 [0.8] | 7 [1.1] | 0.8 |
  Cannabis and alcohol | 1 [0.5] | 6 [2.3] | 5 [0.8] | 0.07 |
  Cannabis and inhalant | - | 1 [0.4] | 2 [0.3] | 0.9 |
  Cannabis, alcohol, and tramadol | - | 1 [0.4] | - | 0.4 |