Assessment of alcohol use disorder and its associated factors among alcohol users of medical and surgical outpatients attending a specialized hospital in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Distribution of clinical, and substance use characteristics of medical and surgical outpatients at University of Gondar specialized hospital, 2016 (470)

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n = 470)	Percentage
Duration of illness	< 6 months	123	26.2
	6–24 months	137	29.1
	> 24 months	210	44.7
Previous hospital admission	Yes	156	33.2
Previous hospital admission	No	314	66.8
Type of OPD	Medical	350	74.5
Type of OPD	Surgical	120	25.5
History of mental illness	Yes	48	10.2
History of mental illness	No	422	89.8
Diagnosis	Tuberculosis	54	11.5
	Diabetes mellitus	56	11.9
	Cardiovascular	73	15.5
	Injury	29	6.2
	Tumor	38	8.1
	Gastritis	25	5.3
	Urinary tract infection	35	7.4
	Goiter	20	4.3
	Breast tumor	13	2.8
	Others^D	127	27.0
Family history of alcohol use	Yes	244	51.9
Family history of alcohol use	No	226	48.1
Lifetime use of cigarette smoking	Yes	29	6.2
Lifetime use of cigarette smoking	No	441	93.8
Lifetime use of khat	Yes	23	4.9
Lifetime use of khat	No	447	95.1
Current use of cigarette smoking	Yes	11	2.3
Current use of cigarette smoking	No	459	97.7
Current use of khat	Yes	15	3.2
Current use of khat	No	455	96.8
Current use of other substances	Yes	1	0.2
Current use of other substances	No	469	99.8
Most preferable types of alcohol she/he drunk^a	Tella	128	39.8
	Tej	4	1.2
	Araki	28	8.7
	Beer/draft	125	38.8
	Wine	12	3.7
	Whisky/Gin	25	7.8
Reason given for alcohol use	Socialization	244	75.8
	Peer pressure	56	17.4
	To relax	85	26.4
	To get relief from stress	13	4.0
	No specific reason	13	4.0

Others^D includes diagnosis (hypertension, leishmaniasis, dermatological cases, diarrhea cases, Pylonephritis, urolithiasis, typhus and typhoid, disc prolapsed, acute upper respiratory infection, parasitic infection, and other unspecified
^aLocal made ethanol beverages

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