The Prevalence and Severity of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Medical Undergraduate Students of Arsi University and Their Association with Substance Use, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 4

Distribution of behavioral factors/substance use among study participants in relation to gender, N = 260, AU, January 2019.

Substance use		Khat chewer N (%)	Cigarette smoker N (%)	Alcohol drinker N (%)
Duration	<1 month	12 (21.4)	9 (22.5)	9 (10.2)
	1–12 months	14 (25)	14 (35.0)	8 (9.1)
	2–4 years	18 (32.1)	11 (27.5)	22 (25)
	>4 years	12 (21.4)	6 (15)	49 (55.7)
Frequency	Every day	10 (17.9)	12 (30)	0 (0)
	2-3 days per week	13 (23.2)	5 (12.5)	6 (6.8)
	Once a week	8 (14.3)	13 (32.5)	16 (18.2)
	Occasionally	25 (44.6)	10 (25)	66 (75)