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Table 4 Factors affecting lifetime illegal drug use and illegal use of prescription drugs

From: Prevalence and correlates of substance use among health care students in Nepal: a cross sectional study

Independent variables

Illegal drug use

Illegal use of prescription drug

Odds

CI

Odds

CI

Age group (years)

 16–20

0.36*

0.05, 2.19

1.87

0.87, 4.02

 21–25

0.17

0.03, 0.86

1.43

0.71, 2.88

  > 25

1.00

 

1.00

 

Gender

 Male

2.77

0.49,15.47

0.67

0.35, 1.29

 Female

1.00

 

1.00

 

Faculty

 Pharmacy

0.85

0.27, 2.60

0.94

0.52, 1.67

 Nursing

0.70

0.09, 5.27

1.91

0.99, 3.72

 Public Health

1.00

 

1.00

 

Active participation in religion

 Yes

0.94

0.35, 2.47

1.23

0.79, 1.93

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Alcohol problem in family

 Yes

0.79

0.23, 2.70

0.97

0.56, 1.67

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Drug problem in family

 Yes

0.30

0.04, 1.92

1.94

0.68, 5.49

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Offer of alcoholic beverage by friends

 Yes

4.28*

1.01, 18.02

1.005

0.60, 1.67

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Offer of any psychoactive drugs by friends

 Yes

5.77*

1.25, 26.49

1.21

0.48, 3.04

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Offer of alcohol by pharmaceutical company

 Yes

1.22

0.40, 3.75

1.21

0.66, 2.22

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Experience of working with coworker or colleague who accepted self-medication with psychoactive drug

 Yes

1.49

0.43, 5.19

1.56

0.77, 3.14

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Heavy drinking during lifetime

 Yes

2.69*

1.04, 6.95

1.81*

1.08, 3.03

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Cigarette smoking during lifetime

 Yes

10.33**

3.46, 30.79

1.87*

1.04, 3.36

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. *p < .05, **p < .01, Logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, faculty, and participation in religion, family history of alcohol and drug problems. Variables were entered simultaneously in the model and significant results are denoted in bold fonts