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Table 3 Respondents’ drug use and GHQ score

From: Psychoactive substance use among first-year students in a Botswana University: pattern and demographic correlates

Drugs

GHQ score

GHQ (0–2) N (%)

GHQ (3–12) N (%)

χ2

p

Tobacco

 Current use

60 (87.0)

9 (13.0)

1.64

0.200

Alcohol

 Current use

104 (87.4)

15 (12.6)

4.03

0.045

Cannabis

 Current use

17 (70.8)

7 (29.2)

1.99

0.158

Cocaine

 Current use

3 (100)

 

0.99

ATS

 Current use

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

8.35

0.004

Inhalants

 Current use

11 (91.7)

1 (8.3)

0.82

0.360

Benzodiazepines

 Current use

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

 

0.021 *

  1. ATS amphetamine-type stimulants
  2. *FET = Fisher’s Exact Test. Significant p- value in italics