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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Psychometric properties of the severity of the dependence scale for Khat (SDS-Khat) in polysubstance users

Characteristics

Mean ± SD/frequency

Age (yr)

25.8 ± 3.6

Athletic activity

 No

148(83.1)

 Yes

28(15.7)

 Did not report

2(1.1)

BMI (kg/m2)

23.3 ± 2.8

Educational status

 Primary

70(39.3)

 Secondary

69(38.8)

 Higher education

39(21.9)

Ethnicity

 Bench

23(12.9)

 Keffa

60(33.7)

 Amhara

44(24.7)

 Oromo

31(17.4)

 Tigray

20(11.2)

Gender

 Male

142(79.8)

 Female

36(20.2)

Occupation

 Government employee

49(27.5)

 Merchant

123(69.1)

 Others

6(3.4)

Presence of chronic disease

 No

93(52.2)

 Yes

82(46.1)

 Did not report

3(1.7)

Meta-cognition

27.3 ± 4.5

 Meta-memory

15.1 ± 2.4

 Meta-concentration

12.3 ± 2.4

SDS-total

6.4 ± 1.6

Polysubstance use

 Khat + Cigarette

4(2.2)

 Khat + coffee

67(37.6)

 Khat+ Alcohol+ cigarette

2(1.1)

 Khat+ alcohol+ coffee

60(33.7)

 Khat+cigarette + coffee

45(25.3)

  1. Meta-cognition was assessed by tool using questionnaire [13]
  2. Severity of dependence on khat (SDS-khat)
  3. Polysubstance use along with Khat