作者
Timothy Mwanje Kintu, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Robinah Namagembe, David Jolly Muganzi, Bernard Raymond Kihumuro, Garvin Ssali Luyinda, Brenda Wafana Nabwana, Muwanguzi Moses, Marvin Nnyombi, Alex Kirega, Jerome Kahuma Kabakyenga, Samuel Maling
发表日期
2023/7/12
期刊
BMC psychiatry
卷号
23
期号
1
页码范围
505
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorders are among the leading causes of disability worldwide. Among university students, alcohol use and poor mental health are associated with risky sexual behavior. Given the syndemic occurrence of these disorders most especially in young adults, we describe the relationship between them so as to guide and intensify current interventions on reducing their burden in this population.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study based on an online survey among healthcare professional university students that captured sociodemographic characteristics, risky sexual behavior, alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and depression. Structural equation modelling was used to describe the relationship between these variables using RStudio.
Results
We enrolled a total of 351 participants of which 11% (37/351) had Alcohol …
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