Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Reported Substance Use among Patients with Mental Illness in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

Table 2

Factors associated with self-reported substance use among patients with mental illness ().

	Self-reported substance use (yes)
		%	COR	95% CI	value	AOR	95% CI	value
Age group (years)
18-34	75	37.1	1.584	1.011, 2.481	0.044	1.829	1.112, 3.010	0.017
35 and above	44	27.2
Sex
Male	82	38.1	1.866	1.175, 2.964	0.008	2.346	1.397, 3.939	0.001
Female	37	24.8
Marital status
Single	110	34.1	1.836	0.846, 0.984	0.120	1.362	0.580, 3.197	0.478
Married	9	22.0
Level of education
Up to primary	50	31.4	0.904	0.581, 1.408	0.655	1.188	0.717, 1.969	0.503
Sec. and above	69	33.7
Employment status
Unemployed	60	29.1	0.690	0.444, 1.071	0.098	0.722	0.440, 1.186	0.198
Employed	59	37.3
Family hist. of MI
Yes	58	46.8	2.622	1.658, 4.145	<0.001	2.247	1.364, 3.701	0.001
No	60	25.1
Family hist. of SU
Yes	71	50.7	3.773	2.382, 5.977	<0.001	3.804	2.305, 6.276	<0.001
No	48	21.4

Abbreviations: COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.